I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults.
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Of course there are big differences in length and character and vocabulary, but each level has its particular pleasures when it comes to the words one can use and the way one uses them.Margaret Mahy
At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young.
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They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people.
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I, personally, have found reading a continual support to writing.
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