In a novel, dialogue is often a good way to show the age range of your characters.  Try this out with the following exercise:

Write a dialogue scene where 2 teenages decide to go to the movies and discuss what they want to see.

Now, write the same scene, but with 2 middle-aged characters.

Consider not only the movies that they would want to see, but also the language that they would use.

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