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Panel: Connecting with Young Hearts and Minds
Tania Roxborogh, Mel Dixon and Blair McMillan
(Chair: Morrin Rout)
Like adult literature, books for young people need to have compelling prose, interesting characters, plots and stories. So what makes them different from adult fiction? Do you need to think like a teen to grab the reader’s attention and hold it? What’s special about writing for teenagers?
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