John Green's tumblr • I don’t read a lot of Young Adult, but based on what I’ve learned in writing classes my own stories fall into that genre just because of the age of the characters and not so much the situations they find themselves in. As a YA novelist, do you often have to censor yourself or tone down the content of a book for that particular demographic?

Q:I don't read a lot of Young Adult, but based on what I've learned in writing classes my own stories fall into that genre just because of the age of the characters and not so much the situations they find themselves in. As a YA novelist, do you often have to censor yourself or tone down the content of a book for that particular demographic?

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No.

I don’t think my readers are less capable or intelligent than other humans.

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This is the tumblr of John Green, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and half of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. I am also the co-creator of the vlogbrothers youtube channel.

I am best known on tumblr for a drizzle/hurricane metaphor.

You can ask me questions only if you agree not to get mad if I don't answer.

FAQ:
1. Why is your tumblr name fishingboatproceeds?
2. What does DFTBA stand for?
3. Do you and Hank consider yourself nerdfighters?
4. So, does the actual John Green run this tumblr, or is it run by an assistant?
5. Would you release a book that isn't YA?
6. Would you ever write a YA book with an adult in a key role?
7. How do I become a nerdfighter?
8. What's the story behind Pizza John?
9. How do you pronounce bufriedo?
10. How do you feel about the TFiOS movie rights being optioned?
11. Do you get a thrill from killing your characters?
12. "You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them."  Can you talk about this?
13. What's this drizzle/hurricane metaphor that you're best known for on tumblr?

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