Who are we writing for? More stuff from the readers

Who are we writing for?

I'm always saying we writers must resist carmudgeonly declarations that kids these days

• Don't read
• Have short attention spans
• Are dumbing down because of TV and technology

On the contrary, kids these days are amazing!

And we YA writers are so lucky. Because the people we are writing for have the means and talent to talk right back at us!

YA author Maureen Johnson was thrilled to discover her readers had created a homage using one of her blog posts as their script:



These guys really rock!