Annike asked Sarvenaz Tash:

What would be your one biggest tip for aspiring writers aiming toward a young adult audience?

Sarvenaz Tash Hi Annike,

My biggest tip is pretty simple: read. Read YA, certainly, but also read in other genres. I'm always surprised at how much of good writing techniques can be learned by osmosis. But that being said, the other part of my advice is to write. Writing is a craft and it simply needs the hours to be put into it to hone it. Write and finish a draft of something, even if that draft is terrible (as most first drafts usually are). And then worry about editing it into something that's not terrible. Revising something that already exists in some form is so much more doable than trying to get down something perfectly the first time.

Best of luck with your writing and thank you for your question!

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