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[calliopë]

I have a question for everyone. I've been strongly considering writing a novel with the main characters as animals - dogs, mainly. However, I know that with that being said, most people would assume it as a "juvenile" novel, when in fact, it would most definitely be for an older audience.



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[b]What is your view on using animals as the main character in young adult/adult literature?[/b]

[Silver Pandorica]

Oh hi killjoy!

What is your view on using animals as the main character in young adult/adult literature?

Okay. I would love to see this. I think having animals as the main character for adults would be an interesting thing to see. Especially for those adults that are young at heart or are animal lovers.

[imakilljoywannabe]

What is your view on using animals as the main character in young adult/adult literature?
Well, I think it should be okay, as long as you handle it correctly. My mother has a friend who wrote a novel with animals as main characters that was most definitely meant for an adult audience. Her overall story was clearly shown to be for older readers through her plot and plot description (the bit on the back or inside cover of a novel). I would be sure to specify in the description at least one or two of the themes you intend to explore that are not suitable for a younger audience, just to be on the safe side. How long are you thinking you'll be making this novel? If it ends up being rather long that could also be an indicator that the book is not for children. While there are certainly adult novels that are not particularly long (take Animal Farm or Lord of the Flies, for example), many of them are significantly longer than normal children's books.

If you're more concerned about the story coming off as juvenile to adult readers in the sense that it will drive them away, I think the key would just be to show the story has a serious plot line. To me, I view a book as juvenile when the problems are more shallow or the solutions are less developed. (For example, a shallow problem might be that a person can't decide between two people for who they want to go to a dance with. A shallow solution would be if they were mostly saved by someone else, or that things seem to just get better without much indication of how they got better. If a person was struggling with their parents and without actually talking about the problems or explicitly discovering how to deal with their feelings in a healthy way they magically are all happy and dandy again, that indicates the simplicity I associate with a children's book.)

In short, I don't see a problem with animals as main characters in adult literature. c:

[Krenko]

What is your view on using animals as the main character in young adult/adult literature?

I don't see why not! XD I'm sure many people would read it!! XD


(heeey newcomers XD warning: don't eat the carrots!)

[L.V.L]

What is your view on using animals as the main character in young adult/adult literature?
I don't see why not! XD I'm sure many people would read it!! XD

(heeey newcomers XD warning: don't eat the carrots!)

My view would be I don't see a problem with it, I would love to read a book with animals as the main characters.... I'm surprised out of all the books of read, no animals. (Warriors, maybe?)

Please, never mention carrots around the newcomers, they don't need to be sucked into that world.

[Krenko]

What is your view on using animals as the main character in young adult/adult literature?
I don't see why not! XD I'm sure many people would read it!! XD

(heeey newcomers XD warning: don't eat the carrots!)

My view would be I don't see a problem with it, I would love to read a book with animals as the main characters.... I'm surprised out of all the books of read, no animals. (Warriors, maybe?)

Please, never mention carrots around the newcomers, they don't need to be sucked into that world.

they wanted to join XD

[TheSongOfTheStars]

What is your view on using animals as the main character in young adult/adult literature?
.... Eh-heh-heheheh.
WHY DON'T MORE PEOPLE DO THAT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH ANIMAL CHARACTERS IN YOUNG ADULT BOOKS.

[katomorakwarrior]

What is your view on using animals as the main character in young adult/adult literature?
Depends on the plot...If its your typical, "I'm a kitty who spends my life fighting among other kitties..." and yada yada, then -- eh.
If it's different, I'll jump headfirst onto your animal adult fiction bandwagon of eager readers.

[Silver Pandorica]

I was feeling inspired today, so I wrote two more chapters OwO

http://writersunite.freeforums.org/view ... ?f=9&t=829

[Krenko]

Ok...this is probably the darkest thing I've ever written XD

(Injured by the way XD)

viewtopic.php?f=57&t=3079693&p=99401913#p99401913

comments?

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