#1 06-24-2012 21:00:09
- maryapryl
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How dark to go in YA
I'm working on a really dark peice at the moment and am curious on everyone's thoughts. How dark can you make a book in YA?
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#2 06-24-2012 21:18:07
- noelw
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Re: How dark to go in YA
Well, The Hunger Games contains a gladiatorial contest between teenagers, where There Can Only Be One...
*shrug*
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#3 06-25-2012 05:56:36
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Re: How dark to go in YA
noelw wrote:
Well, The Hunger Games contains a gladiatorial contest between teenagers, where There Can Only Be One...
*shrug*
My dark piece is a serial killer and all he does to his victims. Not sure how graphic or dark to go with it.
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#4 06-25-2012 06:33:40
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Re: How dark to go in YA
Probably no darker than a black hole. Take care. Vern
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#5 06-25-2012 07:44:00
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Re: How dark to go in YA
Just write it, April. You can always lighten it up if you have to later
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#6 06-25-2012 18:26:28
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Re: How dark to go in YA
What ever people might think is too dark now will be eclipsed by something even more edgy soon enough. I say go the whole way when you write it and then reflect, otherwise you run the risk of things coming off half -baked. 
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#7 06-25-2012 19:56:37
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Re: How dark to go in YA
I have to agree with Ann and Tess. WRITE IT. There is always the second run, hell if youre like me a third, fourth, fifth.... lololol
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#8 06-26-2012 11:29:48
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Re: How dark to go in YA
I agree, you can always tone it down later. Besides kids that would pick up the book in the first place are probably looking for something dark - those that can't handle it, won't be reading it! I used to read Stephen King at that age. x
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