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Can any TBers give me some advice about structure, length etc and other tips for writing stories for YA? What's the upper band of the the age group? And as for novels - say a Coraline length novel, or Matilda, how many words would those be?
Any advice you have to offer me?
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I wouldn't really class Coraline and Matilda as YA.
The best thing to do is to read widely in the genre.
a) Coraline?
b) Matilda?
Two very different authors, two different epochs (they were writing in). Both stories have outstanding, very appealing heroines.