I get asked a lot in my classes on writing how I make the voice for the teenager 'authentic'. I think my answer is frustratingly esoteric, but it works for me: I don’t try to sound like a teenager at all. [...] Instead I try really hard to get down to the basics, and simply imagine a young, inexperienced person stuck in the situation I’ve created for them. I focus on creating a real, whole character who behaves in all the unexpected, strange ways people behave when they’re confronted with the challenges of life.
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Young Adult novelist Amy Kathleen Ryan at http://writingteennovels.com/2013/01/08/voice-in-teen-novels-by-amy-kathleen-ryan
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