S.E. Reed
Writing What You Know
Knowing what to write about is one of the biggest hurdles a new fiction writer faces. It can be daunting to develop a concept that is strong enough to get you 60,000 words (the average YA novel word count). If you are in school or remember back to your time in school, the teachers generally provided you with a prompt when it was time to write. It gave you guidance-- a starting point. It made you feel safe! Example: Write a first-person narrative about a time you overcame a d