I'm about ready to write my first book. If it does well, it will become a series. If it tanks, off to oblivion.
My target audience, throughout the series, is both MG and YA. I've designed a way to make this plausible (dependent upon numerous variables that are immaterial to this post). This question is mostly for MG readers. A month or two ago, I helped my nephew with his homework. We both did not know what a technical jargon word was in one of the assignments. He forgot his notebook at school. Instinctively, he jumped on his phone and asked Siri for a definition of the word he did not know. He is 12.
I created a database with over 1,000 chapter titles. Most are designed to be humorous to MG and YA readers. There are a few that have big words that most adults do not know what they mean. These are words that are recognizable, but undefinable to young readers. An example might be an obscure -ology. They may recognize ology as the study of something, but will likely not know the study of what it means. These are real words, not made up ologies.
With apps like Siri and Alexa, do you think MG readers are savvy enough to think like this, on their own accords (affording authors to use an occasional big word, if it is germane to the story)? Do you think there is a minimum age most young readers may not think of doing something like this?
Thank you.
My target audience, throughout the series, is both MG and YA. I've designed a way to make this plausible (dependent upon numerous variables that are immaterial to this post). This question is mostly for MG readers. A month or two ago, I helped my nephew with his homework. We both did not know what a technical jargon word was in one of the assignments. He forgot his notebook at school. Instinctively, he jumped on his phone and asked Siri for a definition of the word he did not know. He is 12.
I created a database with over 1,000 chapter titles. Most are designed to be humorous to MG and YA readers. There are a few that have big words that most adults do not know what they mean. These are words that are recognizable, but undefinable to young readers. An example might be an obscure -ology. They may recognize ology as the study of something, but will likely not know the study of what it means. These are real words, not made up ologies.
With apps like Siri and Alexa, do you think MG readers are savvy enough to think like this, on their own accords (affording authors to use an occasional big word, if it is germane to the story)? Do you think there is a minimum age most young readers may not think of doing something like this?
Thank you.