dirtyriceking
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If your character is a college student, do you EXPLICITLY have to state their age?
College students in stories
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You don't EXPLICITLY have to state anyone's age. If however Laurel, the sole judge on this site, feels your character doesn't appear to be a full 18 years of age, then it's rejected.
Some people choose to put in an 'everybody's 18' opening. Others depend on context; a college junior would be most unlikely to be less than 18, a freshman just might.
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That depends... is he really smart and graduated high school at 14 or is a regular kind of student that didn't graduate until he was over 18?
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I think the general answer is no, you don't. If you make it clear that the person is in college and acts like a college student, then I doubt very much that your story will be barred from publication just because you don't clarify that they are over 18. If anyone is aware of an example to the contrary I would be curious to hear about that.
This is what I've done in many of my stories. I identify them as being in college and in some but not necessarily all cases I say what age they are in the story (I never use over-18 disclaimers before the story because I think they are silly). I've never had a story rejected because of the age issue.
This is what I've done in many of my stories. I identify them as being in college and in some but not necessarily all cases I say what age they are in the story (I never use over-18 disclaimers before the story because I think they are silly). I've never had a story rejected because of the age issue.
dirtyriceking
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Thanks everyone for confirming my suspicions. I ask because a couple of my stories (a newly germinating one prompted the question) begin at freshman orientation.
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Show us they're 18 or older instead of telling us.
"She was happy to be 18" is one thing.
"Her younger sister was bothering her to get cigarettes for her friends but Angela was too busy trying to create her own life. She moved away from her parents, she was learning to stretch her wings with her newly-found independence."
Something something something. Build it into a maturation process and we'll see more of a person instead of a standard 18-year old female to have sex with.
Show us they're 18 or older instead of telling us.
"She was happy to be 18" is one thing.
"Her younger sister was bothering her to get cigarettes for her friends but Angela was too busy trying to create her own life. She moved away from her parents, she was learning to stretch her wings with her newly-found independence."
Something something something. Build it into a maturation process and we'll see more of a person instead of a standard 18-year old female to have sex with.
