Thread 24641348

>literary agent called my book "YA" just because some of the characters are teenagers

I'm actually offended. I'm very pointedly not trying to write YA slop. Is it so hard to imagine that a story can be for adults even if some of the principal characters happen to be younger at the beginning?

>>24641348 (OP)
What did you learn?

>>24641348 (OP)
At least you have an agent?

>>24641348 (OP)
>just because some of the characters are teenagers
Don't do that. Teenagers are annoying.

>>24641462
teenagers are dangerous

>>24641348 (OP)
Just take the YA label if you have any sense. If your story isn't very clearly *not* YA it will be better marketed and sold as YA and your agent will be a lot happier.

>>24641348 (OP)
You should have just explained to him you happen to be a pedophile.

>>24641612
worked for steffen king

>>24641348 (OP)
You used and abused exclamation marks, didn't you. Why not post a choice passage ? I am kind.

>>24641348 (OP)
If your main characters are in their teens, it's pretty much guaranteed to end up being marketed as YA regardless of subject matter, even if they grow into adults over the course of the series. If your MC's male, you're probably better off just aging him up and going adult, since YA's extremely geared toward women.

>>24641348 (OP)
probably because you explicitly mentioned your characters age. you shouldnt even bring it up and just make it known in other places. And if anyone asks, feign ignorance