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LIVE: Romance in Young Adult Fiction

LIVE: Romance in Young Adult Fiction

February 22, 2020 Conference 2020, Live 2020 21 Comments

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melissa.s.see@gmail.com
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1 year ago

As a disabled writer, I write YA contemporary romances starring disabled leads. How can I navigate a market where romances written by abled authors are often prioritized over disabled #ownvoices authors?

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R. Lille
R. Lille
1 year ago

If romance is a secondary, but prominent subplot, what’s the best way to position it when you query, and eventually, go on submission with a publisher?

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Kate
Kate
1 year ago

Is romance 100% necessary in YA? Will agents even want a book with no romance at all?

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Kate
Kate
1 year ago

What’s a good recipe for heart-stopping romance in YA?

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Tara Kennedy
Tara Kennedy
1 year ago

When your target is a YA audience, are there topics that are off limits in romance?

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R. Lille
R. Lille
1 year ago

Thoughts on love triangles? How to do them well?

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Kate
Kate
1 year ago

How can romance play a part in a character’s main arc? To be more specific, how can a romance help a main character or a couple of main characters overcome their flaws without the romance overtaking it? (Does this even make sense?)

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Alyssa
Alyssa
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1 year ago

What are your personal favorites out of the basic romance tropes (e.g. enemies-to-lovers, best friends, instalove)? What can be some pros or cons to each of them? Are there some that you think don’t get the attention they need?

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daphnedador
daphnedador
1 year ago

Read between the lines! Yay! Any other favorite romance tropes?

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Jen Malia
Jen Malia
1 year ago

I’m an autistic author who does not currently write YA romance. I loved Helen Hoang’s The Kiss Quotient, which is definitely not YA. I like the idea of a YA romance with an autistic lead. In general, what makes a YA romance fresh in terms of character and plot?

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Kate
Kate
1 year ago

Tips for writing a series with one central romance? How do you keep the conflict/tension going without it going stale or boring?

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Alyssa
Alyssa
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1 year ago

Miscommunication (or total lack of communication) is an age-old source of relationship conflict, but can be very frustrating to read. What are other places writers can look to keep the romance interesting without resorting to keeping their leads perpetually clueless?

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daphnedador
daphnedador
1 year ago

All your characters and side characters end up coupling up at the end? Good? Annoying?

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Kate
Kate
1 year ago

How can authors avoid accidentally writing a toxic romance? What are some red flags there?

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Tamara
Tamara
1 year ago

Can you recommend any recent culturally diverse YA romance (not sci-fi)?

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melissa.s.see@gmail.com
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1 year ago

For Megan and Whitney specifically: What is on your Manuscript Wishlists in terms of YA romances?

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mjwrites
mjwrites
1 year ago

Do you have any tips for weaving romance into a big external plot? Sometimes it feels like I’m only slipping it into the moments-of-reprieve scenes, and I don’t want it to feel like the romance is there to distract from the main plot.

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Tara Kennedy
Tara Kennedy
1 year ago

In adult romance, there are sometimes series where the romance in resolved by say book 1, and the rest is about the other plots. In YA if the series focuses on one protagonist, the romance arc usually continues to be tumultuous. Is that just a function of teen characters or is there space for happy couples (even happy for now) in YA romance?

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Anne
Anne
1 year ago

Can you recommend YA books that have strong dual narratives (2 different POV with equal weight)?

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Kris
Kris
1 year ago

My daughter is only 12 years old, but she loves romance novels. We want her read age appropriate books with “PG” only scenes. Do you have any book recommendations for her age group? Thanks!

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mjwrites
mjwrites
1 year ago

Thanks so much for the chat! It was amazing!

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