This month we have again seen record sales at the cinema with the showing of the penultimate episode of the Twilight saga. The movie took over £13.9 million on its opening weekend, making it the biggest opening of a US movie ever in the UK.
Top marks for all of you who have paid attention to the news reports on this and have made a mental note that the teenage market is hungry for great fiction.
By teenage market, I mean specifically teenage girls. If you were to go into book shops and libraries and find out what is being bought and borrowed, you will soon discover that by far the greatest number of books for the teenage market are aimed at girls. Teenage boys tend, sadly, not to be great readers of fiction. The politically correct lobby would like us to believe that this is due to sexual stereotyping, but like many of their deeply held beliefs, this is not really true. It is a fact of life that boys like the challenge of proving themselves in adventurous situations, whereas most girls are more interested in handling relationships.
Look at the crowds collecting outside of the cinema over the next two weeks and pay attention to what is written about this. You will soon discover for yourself that there is true market potential for a well written teenage romance!
Visit www.write-for-children.com to learn more about writing for teenagers.
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