I am transitioning from writing YA to Adult. I've had one beta reader take a look at my newest ms, and was told it felt similar in tone and style to my other books, which are YA. The mc is still quite young (24 and still figuring out her life) and my beta reader is just a friend who doesn't actually read YA or romance. I definitely plan on getting more beta readers, and ones who are not people I know personally. The writing friend who read this ms is just a close friend and the first person who reads *anything* I write.
I recently watched a writing Vlog that claimed first person POV is used more commonly in YA and not adult. Now I'm have trouble remembering if this is true, pertaining to all the recent YA and Adult romance novels I have read. All of the adult romance books I have on hand do seem to be close third person, but I'm not sure if this is just a coincidence.
My ms *is* first person POV, and I'm wondering if this could be giving it more of a YA vibe? For more context, the ms is a character driven sci-fi story and would be part of an on-going series. I'm definitely going to try out changing the POV for at least the first three chapters and see how it feels. But I was also wondering about others' opinions on POV in YA vs. Adult romance. Thanks.
I recently watched a writing Vlog that claimed first person POV is used more commonly in YA and not adult. Now I'm have trouble remembering if this is true, pertaining to all the recent YA and Adult romance novels I have read. All of the adult romance books I have on hand do seem to be close third person, but I'm not sure if this is just a coincidence.
My ms *is* first person POV, and I'm wondering if this could be giving it more of a YA vibe? For more context, the ms is a character driven sci-fi story and would be part of an on-going series. I'm definitely going to try out changing the POV for at least the first three chapters and see how it feels. But I was also wondering about others' opinions on POV in YA vs. Adult romance. Thanks.