First Crushes, Chemistry, and an Utter Lack Thereof (Mary Strand)
This month at YA Outside the Lines, we're supposed to talk about our first crush ... and, in turn, how remembering our first crushes might help us write about chemistry in our novels. I loved chemistry class in high school (so much so that I even took it in college, which was a bit odd for a political science major), but, ALAS, I don't think we're supposed to talk about THAT kind of chemistry. I also assume I'm not supposed to write about my actual first crush: Bob Crane of Hogan's Heroes . I was six. Or even Davy Jones and other celebs like that in my teens. No, I'm supposed to slice open a vein and talk about my first crush on someone I actually knew. Is this a good moment to mention JUST HOW MANY of my high school classmates are also Facebook friends of mine? Yes? One particular guy was my first big real-life crush, when I was a sophomore in high school and he was a junior. But should I instead write about the first classmate I liked? As in, reall...
