These days, it seems a week doesn't go by without another debate about the merits of young adult fiction or diversity in fiction. We've made so much progress, but we have such a long way to go... One frequent comment about the challenge of writing more stories featuring protagonists who are of color or LGBTQIA or have different abilities is that many writers worry they will get it wrong, so they would rather not try. Of course it's much easier to write about characters like them and experiences they know, but hey,
learning to "write the other"
learning to "write the other"
learning to "write the other"
These days, it seems a week doesn't go by without another debate about the merits of young adult fiction or diversity in fiction. We've made so much progress, but we have such a long way to go... One frequent comment about the challenge of writing more stories featuring protagonists who are of color or LGBTQIA or have different abilities is that many writers worry they will get it wrong, so they would rather not try. Of course it's much easier to write about characters like them and experiences they know, but hey,