title: Wild Ink: How to Write Fiction for Young Adults
author:  Victoria Hanley 
description: What appears to be yet another run-of-the-mill fantasy story turns out to be quite a gripping tale of loyalty, treachery, fortitude, a search for truth, and love.<br /><br />--School Librarian
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  To my sister Amy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [Author’s Note](../Text/part0033.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Over the years I’ve met quite a few teenagers who participate in what is
  called “Forensics.” It’s basically a cross between speech and debate. Students
  take published short stories and essays, edit them down to a predetermined
  length, and recite them competitively. To that end, as part of the “Etc.” in
  this book’s subtitle, I have written six brief monologues that young people
  might deliver before a panel of judges. I believe these stories should be
  self-evident. They’re the pieces in which I am a woman, a father, and a
  sixteen-year-old girl with a fake British accent.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  [Cover](kindle:embed:000B?mime=image/jpg)  
  
  
  [Title Page](../Text/part0000.html)  
  
  
  [Welcome](../Text/part0001.html)  
  
  
  [Dedication](../Text/part0002.html)  
  
  
  [Author’s Note](../Text/part0003.html)  
  
  
    
  
  
  [Dentists Wit