Hey Teens, What's Something That Authors Usually Get Wrong When Writing Teen Protagonists?
CALLING ALL TEENS.
Hey teens! You know more than anyone else that adults tend to get A LOTTA things wrong about you — especially when teens are portrayed in books.
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Like, maybe you've read a book where the character is a senior in high school and they spend ZERO TIME applying for colleges or focusing on studying for the SAT.
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Or maybe you've read about a teenager in a book who has a job (major fashion magazine intern?!) that would be impossible to get in real life.
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Or perhaps you've stumbled upon "teenage text talk" that is absolutely outdated. For instance: "C U there! TTYL."
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