Writerly Ways
In this post we've come to the end of my thoughts on that conversation about YA fiction and some of the disservice we do it. I've talked about child soldiers and bad teachers. That leaves parents. In order for kids and teens to do half of what they do in so many YA stories (especially the fantasy/urban fantasy/action-thriller types) their parents
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Thanks for the links here - I looked at the one about battle mistakes, 'twas very interesting.
Do you by any chance know (sorry if I missed it) of a decent writers' resource that covers combat injuries and what to do about them. (Old-style stuff, swords and battleaxes, not guns) I want to keep it realistic (drives me nuts when somebody gets a stomach injury or something and is perfectly fine two hours later...)
I'm currently writing an (original, not fan) story where my characters are defending a village and receive various injuries. Websites are giving me conflicting advice, if they give any advice at all. (Yes, thank you website, I'm aware I should call a doctor but there aren't any on my backwards village in the middle of nowhere! Not helpful.)
Oh, and Merry Christmas!
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