There
are a couple perks in keeping this story MG.
For one, that’s the current form it’s in now. Changing it to YA would probably be very
difficult for me. I mean, if I
absolutely have to, I’ll do it, of course.
It’s not like I’m afraid of a challenge, and I have to do what’s ultimately
right for the story, of course, but a part of me is thinking that I have a lot
of good things already in place here, and—at the moment, at least—I’m
definitely more comfortable writing from an MG perspective/voice versus YA.
But
if I stick with MG, that definitely means removing the “forced sex” aspect of
my dystopian, since that’s too strong for MG.
And that’s fine. I’ve been
playing around with the idea of incorporating In Vitro Fertilization into the
plot instead, and I think it could work.
That being said, I’m wondering about one major potential issue.
1. Even
though the forced sex aspect is gone, the story still deals with mating and
bearing children, which might be a more reasonable subject for YA, but is it
enough to make changing this story to YA essential???That’s really the one major question that’s been eating away at my brain for the past couple weeks. It’s a toughie, all right. Anything else in this story that needs to be softened for MG, I’m pretty sure I can do it—at least with minimal difficulty (and I’m not sure there really is anything that does need to be softened, anyway). But I’m really not sure about this one question, and it’s quite crucial to this story to keep the whole mating aspect in there. If anybody has any ideas or opinions on this, please let me know!!!
*Sigh* It’s amazing how annoying these little
brainstorming conundrums can be. More
than anything I want to be able to MOVE FORWARD with this story, which I’m hesitant
to do at the moment in light of this dilemma, so hopefully I’ll figure this one
out soon.
Writing—and life in general—is so much easier when
you know exactly which step you should take next.
Alas, life isn’t always that way, though…
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