Writing Successful Young Adult Stories
with Ginny Myers Sain
Saturday October 12, 2024 1:00pm US Central time • 2 hour webinar
Online
One-time Zoom webinar
Perfect for
New and emerging YA writers
Live attendance is not required: enrollees can watch the recording at any time after the workshop!
The young adult market is one of the fastest-growing, most exciting — and most lucrative — categories in publishing. With complex young characters, complicated themes, gripping plots, realistic dialogue, and well-written prose, readers young and old can’t get enough YA. Just look at the some biggest publishing hits of the past few decades: Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Divergent... all YA stories!
But what exactly makes a novel YA? What do writers need to understand in order to tap into the enthusiasm readers have for this genre? What are the rules and guidelines when writing for this age group, and how can you apply them to write a gripping story that your audience will love?
Join Ginny Myers Sain, New York Times bestselling author of four young adult novels from Penguin Random House, in this new workshop that explores the elements of a YA novel’s plot, character, language, setting, voice, and more, including a rundown of the current marketplace for young adult fiction and how to find and query agents.
This workshop is ideal for anyone interested in writing in the YA genre, but unsure of how to start, or what it takes to write the right kind of story. Ginny will guide you through exercises and a live Q&A to ensure you leave with in-depth knowledge of what YA is all about, how to get your own YA story started, and where to go once you’re ready to publish.
Zoom schedule
Everyone enrolled in this webinar will receive a copy of the recording afterwards, so you can review it later in case you missed it.
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Saturday October 12, 2024 1:00pm US Central time — 2 hours
How this workshop works
This workshop is a live Zoom webinar. Sign in from anywhere in the world and participate live as the instructor conducts the workshop, with time for Q&A at the end.
$49 • 2 hour webinar
Questions about this class?
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About Ginny Myers Sain
Author of young adult thrillers Dark and Shallow Lies (2021), Secrets So Deep, and One Last Breath (2024), all from Penguin Teen, as well as When the Bones Sing, coming in 2025.
Dark and Shallow Lies is a New York Times Bestseller. It was also an Amazon Editor’s Pick and a Barnes & Noble “Pick of the Month” as well as being chosen as a 2022 Crystal Kite winner by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Both Dark and Shallow Lies and Secrets So Deep have been published in eight countries and counting.
