Uncomplicated Writing Quotes

I write in quite a simple way because that's just the way I write. The vocab I use is quite wee. That's just the way I talk.

I preferred the simplest vocabulary.

I am not a great fan of serious, heavy writing. I prefer simple, short sentences, light on prose.

Writing for adults and writing for young people is really not that different. As a reporter, I have always tried to write as clearly and simply as possible. I like clean, unadorned writing. So writing for a younger audience was largely an exercise in making my prose even more clear and direct, and in avoiding complicated digressions.

I like contemporary, bare-boned writing. I don't like having the language that I barely understand get in the way of me interpreting it over to an audience. It's this barrier that I don't want to have to attack.

Simplicity is the key for me. I can't write clever songs; I just can't do it.

The YA category is an entirely new one, and seems to have more to do with readability than with age group or theme. The adult YA readers I know do actually consistently say that they are looking for an easy read, a fun read, an unchallenging read.

My books are easy to read. No folderol.