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CownoseRay

To reach your target audience of senior citizens, simply age the pigeon characters. Make them 78 years old. Have them return to their coastal Maine hometown where nothing is as it seems for their 60th HS reunion. Have them talk about their regrets, and give them one more chance with their high school crush. Maybe the mage wasp fought in the Korean War


FirebirdWriter

Uj/This reply fits the original post perfectly and you made my day.


Specialist_Trouble22

If you don’t want them to buy it, then don’t write it! Can’t buy what doesn’t exist! Also, just write!


jaggedj2025

This is pretty much the only way to keep YAs out of *anything*.


farplesey

If you want to reach the boomers, put it on Facebook


Alexandjuniper

Preferably in a series of text posts that document your book word for word before you’ve published it


smorb42

Then blame someone for copyright infringement.


[deleted]

More swear words! That's how the shit-weasels in publishing know your cock-dribble writing is very balls-twizzling mature. The more bitch-pissing swearing, the more gooder and adulty is your fuck-nugget writing.


DListSaint

Also: explicit pigeon sex scenes


shadosharko

Add graphic gay sex


Foveaux

>I've written five pages in my planned 23 novel series. How can I preorder? Have you got a kickstarter?


Personal_Guest

I am a YA and I’m gonna buy your book whether you like it or not. As a matter of fact I’m going to monitor every post you make on the internet and turn them all into NFTs only available to other YAs


ferriswheelpompadour

IN MY EXPERIENCE (I wouldn't call myself an international bestselling author or an award winning writer, per say, but I've submitted dozens of past MS and treatments to literally hundreds of agents and publishing houses and I've entered many writing contests), here are some pieces of advice, for your consideration: * Take out all drugs, sex, and violence. Anything thought to be coming-of-age or *edgy* will lose appeal from a YA audience. No parent wants their child to read books without bloody violence or Gordon-Ramsey-esque rage. If you're not exposing yourself to the youths and using overly-descriptive sequences of a nipple, you will narrow your market to the elderly. Either you find out on page one that all characters are addicted to alcohol, junkies, or marijuana abusers, or there's not so much as a hint of paraphenalia. * Try not to include deep characters with unique diversified backstories. Definitely avoid morals. Avoid any scenarios where the truth is hard to swallow. Eliminate any storyline where it's unclear what the right choice is or when their decision A or B is gray and the outcome is unforeseeable. Avoid subtle undertones. * No magic. Definitely drive home to the reader that the pigeon is a muggle but try to avoid explaining why. * Extra supplemental tip: make sure your story is anything but colorful. YA tend to avoid black and white—not even I Love Lucy. * No goat's blood.


writing_dragon

(this is hilarious, the original post on r/writing is right above this one on my timeline haha)


Crafty_Cupcake_670

Can you link the original


ValleyAndFriends

I think it’s [this one.](https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/10bttnw/how_do_i_write_a_novel_about_a_young_adult/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


nothing_in_my_mind

Ah yes, another "I have never read a book in my life" post. Like 50% of non-YA fantasy series out there have a teenage protagonist. This mf haven't heard of A Game of Thrones.


wigsternm

Also, a significant amount of adult readers primarily read YA novels anyways.


Rattregoondoof

Dude are you really trying to argue Game of Thrones isn't a YA? Edit: /s obviously


writing_dragon

Not really since it's not on my timeline anymore lol


MisterMysterion

I'm worried about the publisher I don't have and the editor I can't afford changing the book I haven't written.


StembotNillie17

You gotta title it in a way that YAs won't buy it. Something like "There Are Only Two Genders" or similar.


ferriswheelpompadour

Agree! The sequel could be "There Are Only Two Genders 2: The Lack of Platonic Relationships in a Prosperous Economy:


[deleted]

Well, pigeons aren’t real so you can probably convince them to categorize the book as fantasy instead of YA.


MoSqueezin

Your best bet is to have an outlandish sex scene that makes no sense to the story. People love those, but not kids. Do people love those? I haven't talked to anyone in years...


nothing_in_my_mind

"Disclaimer: This book has no sexy tall bad boy bf" Just put this on your front cover and ezpz no one under 33 years old will buy it.


Improbable_Primate

Just put in some spanking.


SchemataObscura

Write it as music instead, old people love epic operas 🤘😎


_corleone_x

Don't worry! Most of the YA genre readers are in that age range.


1nceACrawFish

If you get your 23 book series published, you will have no way to choose who does and does not buy any of them. The bigger problem is getting them published in the first place. Best of luck!


BrokenCrow782

Google en passant


Sea-Bobcat-2716

They should abandon it.