Hey all you writers out there, I found a great post from a blog I follow The YA-5 called "Sex and Sexy Scenes In YA :Let's Look At It A Different Way" I think you might want to read. It's about sex in young adult books. It's always a big topic at conferences I go to.
This article has some good points and explanations. I agree that when you write a scene it needs to fit. Also, it needs to have meaning to the plot. It's always hard to decide if you are going to add sexual content to your story. For me, it's a hard choice because I write young adult, but young adult (to me) isn't children. Young adult is, in my eyes, 15 and older. Now 15 is still young, but we do need to face and understand that 50% of teenagers (sometimes more) are sexually active in some way. Now I'm not saying "yeah, go ahead and let your teens read steamy romance novels." What I am saying is if sex is put into literature that teens will read it needs to be done properly and tastefully. Now that's enough of my soap box. Enjoy reading the post.
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I'm so thankful that Stephenie Meyer puts sex how it should be--WAIT TIL AFTER MARRIAGE. I've had really good discussions with my girls about it because of Stephenie's book. I know it is very hard to wait, but very possible, and it's also emotionally, spiritually, financially, and physically better to wait for sex till after marriage. Many bright, young people wait. That's what I'd want all of my girls and also the boys to read.
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