Den amerikanske forfatter Richard Peck har skrevet f\u00f8lgende no-nonsense guide til hvordan man skriver for unge mennesker:<\/p>\n
1. Do not commit autobiography\u2014use other people’s memories, not your own. (He writes in the first person to eliminate himself.)<\/p>\n
2. Don’t begin the story too early\u2014avoid too much background. Instead, start with the human voice (all readers are lonely) and action.<\/p>\n
3. Do not allow adult characters to take over\u2014especially the mother. A wise adult is okay, but the main character must solve the problem.<\/p>\n
4. Avoid sentimentality. Childhood is a jungle, not a garden. You can’t both protect and portray characters. We’re writing the biographies of the survivors. If it’s too sweet, there’s no triumph.<\/p>\n
5. Don’t patronize anybody\u2014don’t write “down” and don’t give advice. Raise questions. What do you wonder? No unsolicited advice. No happily ever after.<\/p>\n
6. Don’t attempt to recreate the wheel unaided. To write, you must read.<\/p>\n
7. Do market research till it comes out your ears. Get publishers’ catalogues, read award-winners.<\/p>\n
8. Don’t communicate with young readers by e-mail. Snail mail letters.<\/p>\n
9. If you see an adverb, shoot it. Replace adverbs with better verbs; they are the mark of an amateur.<\/p>\n
10. Use good vocabulary. Don’t write if you don’t know the meaning of “fustian.” (Sorry you\u00b9ll have to look it up, just like we did!)<\/p>\n
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Questions to ask:<\/p>\n
– Who is my intended reader?<\/p>\n
– What successful book can I compare this manuscript to?<\/p>\n
– What is the first-page grabber?<\/p>\n
– What’s going to keep this story from sinking in the middle?<\/p>\n
Miscellaneous pithy pieces of advice:<\/p>\n
– Always make the person with the most potential for change your main character.<\/p>\n
– When writing historical novels, go to letters for conversation and read bound periodicals from the times.<\/p>\n
– If you have writer’s block, don’t take a break and do something else. Edit an already written page until it’s perfect, then take out 20 words.<\/p>\n
– The first chapter is the last chapter in disguise. Rewrite it when you know how the story ends and seed it with clues.<\/p>\n
– Write about other places and times to help give kids a sense of them. (Each of his novels involves a trip that changes characters.)<\/p>\n
– The first pages should include colors and conversation.<\/p>\n
– There should be contrast sharper than real life on every page: male\/female, young\/old, rural\/urban. Sharpen the contrast.<\/p>\n
– When in the story does the character find his own future?<\/p>\n
– In all comedies, everyone gets what he deserves in the end.<\/p>\n
– The cover art will be bad, so make the title good.<\/p>\n
– Good novels are the best defense against video games.<\/p>\n
– Entertain on every line, annoy on three.<\/p>\n
– Leave out the lines people skip.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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