Comments on: YA character advice

By: Jason Black

Jason Black — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:14:51 +0000

Thanks DLGM and Stacey for linking to my article! I'm much obliged.

If you like this kind of character development advice, you can find much more of it on my own blog:

http://www.plottopunctuation.com/blog

By: DGLM

DGLM — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:31:08 +0000

Thanks for the positive feedback. I'll try to send more of this type of constructive advice. I, too, think it's really helpful.

By: Laurie Starkey

Laurie Starkey — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:04:56 +0000

I completely agree - thanks for taking the time to post this. Young adults (who might still be finding out who they are in the world) seem to want to find something or someone they can identify with in the novels they're reading. I guess most of us do.

I just finished my first YA novel and wanted to label it as paranormal, but my characters have so many normal human qualities, which is what I find myself focusing on most. Having a few supernatural elements in the story just lends for a fantastical experience.

Great post. Thanks Stacey.

By: Jessica Lei

Jessica Lei — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:01:24 +0000

Thanks for sharing I hadn't thought much on that, but I can't help but agree now that I notice it.

By: Karen Denise

Karen Denise — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:54:10 +0000

Such a good post. I had to think about all the YA paranormal/urban fantasies I have in the works and I'm happy to say that all of them have the characters working out their problems without the use of their powers.

Now I'm going to pay attention to all the fantasy books I read from now on!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:22:30 +0000

I tend to agree with this and I think the same holds true for adult novels as well.

I write paranormal, but I also read a ton of it. I think a vast majority of readers like to envision themselves as a certain character as we read...or at the very least want to feel like they're someone we'd want as a dear friend. And since we're human, ourselves, it only makes sense we'd relate on a deeper level to paranormals with highly human qualities.