An AI young adult novel writer that takes teenage readers seriously

Teenage readers can tell within a page when a writer is talking down to them. Young adult fiction works when the voice sounds like someone their age thinking out loud, the stakes feel enormous because they are enormous to the person living them, and hard subjects are faced rather than avoided.

Set the genre to young adult and INKFLOW works from guidance written for teen fiction: how adolescents think, first-person present or past tense, identity as the engine of the story, friendship, slow romance and dark themes written responsibly. Add a second genre, such as fantasy, dystopian or mystery, and that guidance joins in.

It writes the words of the novel. It does not draw pictures, design the cover or lay out the pages. The text is AI-generated, so read it before a young reader does.

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Starting a YA novel

1
Say who the reader is
Young adult usually means readers in their teens, with a main character about the same age. Give your hero's age and the age of the reader you have in mind.
2
Give the hero something to work out about herself
Who she is, who she is expected to be, and what forces the question. The plot can be a heist or a haunting; the real story is usually identity.
3
Choose tense and voice
Say whether you want first-person present or past. Heartfelt suits coming-of-age stories; Camera-eye suits teen horror and survival. Each has a sample.
4
Read three free chapters
They are written without charge and without a card. Read them as a teenager would, and see whether the narrator sounds real.

What the young adult guidance covers

Teen interiority

How a teenager's thinking actually moves: fast, self-conscious, certain one moment and not the next. The guidance warns against an adult's voice in a teenager's mouth.

Small worlds, high stakes

A school, a team, a family, a town. The stakes are mapped onto that small world so that losing a friend can matter as much as losing a war.

Friendship first

In young adult fiction friends often matter more than romance, and the guidance treats the friend group as essential rather than decoration.

Romance that takes its time

Young adult romance tends to be slow and is more about feeling than anything physical. The pacing guidance reflects that.

Hard subjects, handled well

Grief, self-harm, abuse and other dark themes appear in much young adult fiction. The guidance is about writing them honestly and with care, never for shock.

What the YA writer leaves to you

Whether a book suits a particular reader or a school library is your judgement. Tell the writer in the brief what the book should and should not contain, and read every chapter yourself.

There are no illustrations, cover art or page design. If your book needs a cover, that comes from you or a designer. INKFLOW gives you Word, EPUB and a print-ready page you can save as PDF.

Books for younger children are a different job. For picture books and bedtime stories, see the children's book page.

Questions

Is young adult the same as a children's book?

No. Young adult is written for teenagers and can deal with adult-sized subjects. For younger readers, the children's voice and guidance are the better fit.

Can it write YA fantasy or dystopian fiction?

Yes. Put young adult and fantasy, or young adult and dystopian, in the genre field together and the writer works from both.

Can it write a YA series?

Yes. Friend groups, rivalries and first loves can carry through a series of up to ten books and over two million words, with full continuity.

Can I publish a YA novel written with AI?

Yes. The text is yours to use, including commercially. It is AI-generated, even after you edit it, and Amazon asks you to disclose that when you publish.

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