To get young people to read, keep your stories short and sweet

Writers can experiment with several strategies to get young people back into the habit of reading for leisure

There is still interest in reading and even writing for leisure. But, time permitting, only in shorter forms, says the writer. PHOTO: ST FILE
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Another year, another survey. And more beating of the breast about why young people are not reading enough.

This comes on the back of a study by the National Institute of Education (NIE) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on the reading habits of young people in Singapore.

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