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The Young Adult Genre and Unsure/Nervous Readers
The Young Adult genre is, in my opinion, one of the most accessible genres out there at present. This is down to a variety of factors, but one of the main reasons is that the majority of the storylines, which fall into this genre, contain plots that are easy to read and follow (except for a few that don’t, but I won’t go into detail about these books), and so provide a great starting point for a reader who is either nervous, or, unsure of which type of book to pick up, or even, in some cases, where to start.
I always think that the best books are those that you can read all the way through, without having to stop, go back and re-read parts to make sense of the section that you’re currently reading. This might not bother some readers, and it may not tarnish the overall pleasure they gain from the novel while reading it, however, to an unsure reader this could be off putting. And I believe, this is where the Young Adult genre comes in.
With my book, Tremor (which falls into the Young Adult Dystopian genre), I made sure that the story I created was easy to read, with the aim of the reader being able to read from start to finish without having to stop and think: ‘I don’t understand that.’ A storyline needs to flow from the book’s pages and into the reader’s imagination, allowing them to carve an image out of the words, and I believe that this happens with great ease when reading books in the Young Adult Genre.
The target audience of the Young Adult genre may be young adults, but this doesn’t mean that the genre isn’t for older readers. That’s what makes this genre great. Such a wide variety of people can gain so much from reading books that fall into this category, whether they are unsure readers, or have great confidence in their reading ability.
I always think that the best books are those that you can read all the way through, without having to stop, go back and re-read parts to make sense of the section that you’re currently reading. This might not bother some readers, and it may not tarnish the overall pleasure they gain from the novel while reading it, however, to an unsure reader this could be off putting. And I believe, this is where the Young Adult genre comes in.
With my book, Tremor (which falls into the Young Adult Dystopian genre), I made sure that the story I created was easy to read, with the aim of the reader being able to read from start to finish without having to stop and think: ‘I don’t understand that.’ A storyline needs to flow from the book’s pages and into the reader’s imagination, allowing them to carve an image out of the words, and I believe that this happens with great ease when reading books in the Young Adult Genre.
The target audience of the Young Adult genre may be young adults, but this doesn’t mean that the genre isn’t for older readers. That’s what makes this genre great. Such a wide variety of people can gain so much from reading books that fall into this category, whether they are unsure readers, or have great confidence in their reading ability.
