Comments on: The Age of Perception http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/14/the-age-of-perception/ Sat, 26 May 2012 21:44:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: PatriciaW http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/14/the-age-of-perception/#comment-8188 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:22:23 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/14/the-age-of-perception/#comment-8188 Audience but also my experience dictates the age of my characters.

I find that I’m more likely to write about 30-somethings or maybe 40′s (like myself). For anything else, I find myself looking around at family for models/inspiration because I’m mentally not in that place (under 30 or over 50).

]]> By: Jennifer http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/14/the-age-of-perception/#comment-8171 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:47:09 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/14/the-age-of-perception/#comment-8171 Age—ahhh, yes, well my genre, defines my age group. Middle Grade. Though I’ve tackled YA and will do so again in the future. I started off trying to write and adult story and before I realized it, I’d twisted the story and it was being told from a seven year olds perspective. The more I tried to write ‘adult’ the more my characters became younger. I finally realized that I shouldn’t fight it and just write the ideas in my head with my 12-year-old protag.

I have to say children’s lit. chose me, not the other way around, which seems weird to me, but I fought it for awhile and finally gave in to write for kids. Which was a smart move because I LOVE Middle Grade.

That said, I think I tend to read books with Protags my age (when I’m not reading kids books).

]]> By: Georgiana Daniels http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/14/the-age-of-perception/#comment-8169 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:24:56 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/14/the-age-of-perception/#comment-8169 I think my characters have to age with me too. I usually write people who are within 5 years of my own age. There’s a lot to be said for life experience, so writing a character who’s much older than me in deep POV might not work–different life experiences, and most likely a different vernacular.

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