I'm looking for recommendations for some coming of age stories/serial. I have read Burr, A Well Lived Life, Pete - A Young Man's Story.
I like these and looking for some more suggestions. Thanks
I'm looking for recommendations for some coming of age stories/serial. I have read Burr, A Well Lived Life, Pete - A Young Man's Story.
I like these and looking for some more suggestions. Thanks
The Grim Reaper by rlfj.
Dance of a Lifetime byDon Lockwood.
You could consider much of Oyster50's work, particularly the Smart Girls universe, to be coming of age.
I'll toss my series in: Variation on a Theme by Grey Wolf.
It's a do-over, but it is strongly in the 'coming of age' category overall, albeit with the twist that the MC is doing it for the second time (but very differently, and intentionally so).
Ezzyb's Chaos stories.
Janna Leonard's Cassie, Hanna and Nollie
Jason Samson's Sixteen
WTSman's A Weekend to Remember
Clee Hill's The Wilhelm Scream
Aaron Stone's American Teen
Gina Marie Wylie's Tom's Diary
If you enjoy his writing style, that's a lot of what JRyter does
Lazlong's Help, Wagons Ho! and Wagons Ho! — The Early Years
Rod O'Steele's My Gal Alison and probably others I'm not remembering right now.
My Protective Coloration and Charley and Claire
Banadin's Richard Jackson saga (some books are elsewhere).
Several of FantasyLover's books.
A couple by SmokinDriver.
Several by Aroslav.
Several books by bluedragon.
G Younger's long series.
Summer Camp series by Nick Scipio.
"Living Two Lives" a series by Gruinard.
Hook, Pick, and Lens by Ryan Sylander.
Several long (but standalone) books by Ernest Bywater.
"A True history" series by StarFleet Carl.
A couple of series by Danny January.
Also see Svengali's Ghost's Beth books. Note that it's unfinished, and book six was a bit odd (at least to me and some others I've had contact with.) The others, though, are excellent.
Be prepared to delve into the realm of ridiculousness if your going to read the Lady in red trilogy, fair warning.
Which ones don't wind up ridiculous? Of the ones I've read, all of them do.
I think several of them end up okay, especially the ones that
end up at a transition point to adulthood (e.g. college graduation).
For instance, Gruinard's story, or Lockwood's Dance of a Lifetime.
I haven't read Gruinard's but I think Dance of a Lifetime (a story I really disliked for several reasons) was ridiculous from the beginning to the end.
Being just a simple reader, I can never understand how people can say this story is ridiculous or that story doesn't make sense when isn't that what makes a story fiction?
Did anyone ever think the reason "The Lady in Red" was ridiculous was it was written to be ridiculous and that was what made it a fun read? The only issue I had with the story was how he ended each chapter with a cliffhanger and then take months to post next chapter.
It's fiction but I think they verge into "ridiculous" territory when they become so extreme that they are pure fantasy. There has to be something tying the characters to the real world to allow a suspension of disbelief.
Some of those fantasies I enjoy (Lady in Red) is one. Others I dislike, mainly those where the "story" is just filler between scenes of theMC fucking one woman after another.
Others I dislike, mainly those where the "story" is just filler between scenes of theMC fucking one woman after another.
The worst is when the sex act is described in the same way each time. If you can't be creative in your story telling, then at least be creative in your fucking.
A good story will establish the premise or framework early on, them build on that to tell the story. The rest of the story should support that.
This also allows the reader to make a judgement as to whether or not it will be worthwhile reading the rest of the story.
https://storyroom.com/s/11091/the-dance By https://storyroom.com/a/rooftop-herald over on the sister site Finestories