Annotated bibliography draft 1

“Young-adult Fiction.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 26 July 2015. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young-adult_fiction>.

The Wikipedia article is written by many anonymous authors that edit the article as time goes by, so it is not advised to use it a a reputable source. Although it is a good way to get a feel of what the young-adult genre has to offer and what genre conventions can be expected within the works written under the genre. The article is written on a website as an online encyclopedia article. At the bottom of the page, it has a large list of 23 reference websites that is cited to let readers know where they have collected their information from. The page is written for readers who are looking for a general definition of the young-adult category within literature, and its purpose is to inform readers of the young-adult category as a whole.

“Genre Map.” Literary Map. Book Country: A Penguin. Web. 26 July 2015.<http://www.bookcountry.com/ReadAndReview/Books/GenreMap/>.

This is an overview of sub-genres within the young adult genre written by an unknown author on a website that is created for aspiring writers to share their work, as well as to write and get feedback from other writers. It is presented on an interactive map on a website that you may click on and be redirected to a link that describes that certain sub-genre of the young adult genre. The website does not have a list of references that it pulls from, but it does list titles that are written under the sub-genre that you are looking at, and discussions on that sub-genre. This is written for writers who are looking for a genre to write about, it gives conventions that are regularly seen in that sub-genre, and what other sub-genres it is similar to. The purpose of the website is to summarize most of the sub-genres that writers could write in, and gives some information for them to work with.

Wendig, Chuck. “25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction.” Terribleminds. 4 June 2013. Web. 26 July 2015. <http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/06/04/25-things-you-should-know-about-young-adult-fiction/>.

Doctorow, Cory. “Nature’s Daredevils: Writing for Young Audiences.”Locus Online. Locus Magazine, 8 July 2008. Web. 26 July 2015. <http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2008/07/cory-doctorow-natures-daredevils.html>.

Cory Doctorow is an award winning writer of 9 young adult novels, in this article he talks about what he has learned about when writing for young people. This is an article that was written for Locus Magazines, that is now available online to read on their website. There is little to no citation of any sort on this web article, but Doctorow is talking about his own experiences and opinions here so there is little that needs to be backed up. Locus Online (the website of the article) is an online magazine that “…covers news of the Science Fiction publishing field and coverage of new science fiction books and magazines.” The purpose of the article was to give Doctorows point of view on writing for young adults.

Doctorow, Cory. For the Win. New York: Tor, 2010. Print.