Shea Olsen
Thanks for the great question, Lindy! YA is such a fun genre to write. Our high school years can be some of the most amazing and also some of the most challenging. FLOWER deals with a very important topic: follow your dreams or fall in love with a boy? And sometimes the answer isn't just one or the other. We all face temptations, and in our teen years, we're also trying to decide what we want to do with the rest of our lives. Charlotte struggles with this throughout most of the book, she makes a few mistakes, and I think these mistakes help her to know who she really is . . . and what she really wants!
I've always loved writing YA because it's such a vital point in all our lives and every decision can effect the rest of your life.
I've always loved writing YA because it's such a vital point in all our lives and every decision can effect the rest of your life.
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I've always loved to write, and have starting thinking seriously about writing a book. When I sit down to write, I struggle a bit, I mean, I have ideas but I can't tell if my writing is good enough. It seems there is so much to learn and so many different opinions about how to be successful. Any advise you can give someone just starting out?
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