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Am I losing my mind or are YA books outside of the Contemp YA beginning to trend towards being longer as a rule? I'm reading some YA books in the genres I hope to write that have been published in the last 5-10 years and it is hard to find shorter books. I don't really enjoy reading doorstops unless it's meant for adults for some reason. I enjoyed Harry Potter a ton when reading it, but that's the only MG/YA book or series I can remember actually enjoying that are long. And they didn't start out as doorstops either, they got longer as the series went on until reaching doorstop status for the last three books.
All the YA SFFH(Scifi, Fantasy, and Horror) that I've enjoyed reading have been shorter, and I find myself more inclined to not want to write huge books when it comes to YA. I would much rather write something in the range of:
Valiant by Holly Black- 63.5K
Asylum by Madeleine Roux -60.5K
Not that I would mind writing a YA Horror or YA SFF book that is longer, just that I don't feel the need to write anything greater than 90K for any of the YA books I want to write. I'm working on two YA books at the moment a YA UF that I hope to have submission ready at 75K or a little less and a YA Paranormal/Horror that I hope to have submission worthy at 70K. The sort of length I enjoy reading myself when it comes to reading YA.
Do you think not wanting to write longer will hurt me in the long run? Are there any other YA SFFH writers here who write on the shorter side of things?
*goes back to nervously hand drafting her YA Paranormal while she waits for responses*
All the YA SFFH(Scifi, Fantasy, and Horror) that I've enjoyed reading have been shorter, and I find myself more inclined to not want to write huge books when it comes to YA. I would much rather write something in the range of:
Valiant by Holly Black- 63.5K
Asylum by Madeleine Roux -60.5K
Not that I would mind writing a YA Horror or YA SFF book that is longer, just that I don't feel the need to write anything greater than 90K for any of the YA books I want to write. I'm working on two YA books at the moment a YA UF that I hope to have submission ready at 75K or a little less and a YA Paranormal/Horror that I hope to have submission worthy at 70K. The sort of length I enjoy reading myself when it comes to reading YA.
Do you think not wanting to write longer will hurt me in the long run? Are there any other YA SFFH writers here who write on the shorter side of things?
*goes back to nervously hand drafting her YA Paranormal while she waits for responses*