tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502948541229096586.post475371652228560825..comments2023-04-12T11:15:49.252+01:00Comments on Reader! Read Faster!: MELVIN BURGESS: WRITING FOR TEENAGERSFat Rolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502948541229096586.post-76155029822195767142011-08-28T13:31:53.663+01:002011-08-28T13:31:53.663+01:00Thanks for this, Simon. Can I use this text in the...Thanks for this, Simon. Can I use this text in the main bit of the blog?Fat Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502948541229096586.post-62695060398828534252011-08-28T09:18:08.533+01:002011-08-28T09:18:08.533+01:00Just finished reading 'Kill All Enemies' a...Just finished reading 'Kill All Enemies' and loved it. A slighly slow start whilst you position yourself in the heads of the main characters, but soon has you gripped with the escalating pace events develop at. Most delightfully though is the way the personalities of the characters broaden out as they respond to the the events they rather accidentally cause.<br /><br />Perhaps the thing I liked about the novel and Melvin's writing is the way he allowed the people who are young at the centre of the novel to develop and change in a fluid way. This style contrasts with the categorisation of 'Young People' used to shoe horn people, who are young, into a relatively fixed group to deliver policy through. The world isn't like that and the more categories are used to box people in, the more skewed and alienated their characters will become.<br /><br />Melvin's new novel, helped inspire me to write a review of the 'Young People' category that is very lazily used today - see http://www.manchestersalon.org.uk/problem-with-young-people.html. Looking forward to discussing these issues and the importance of writing with Melvin on Tuesday 06 September.Simon Belthttp://www.manchestersalon.org.uknoreply@blogger.com