Evolutionary Sketches-Knox

Translating Knox the man into Knox the teenage boy was no easy feat.  How could I convey the strength, solidness, and quiet assurance of his character in the package of a very young man?
The answer, clearly, was awkward skinny legs. I wanted keep his broad huskiness while still making him a believable teenager, so I decided that he doesn't grow into his barrel chest for a few more years. This approach was a sharp contrast to how I aged down Sasha-for him I simply decided that he had no burgeoning manly figure yet and was a scrawny late bloomer.
All in all, I found the process of turning men into teenage boys much more challenging than turning my princess into a child. Children are children, the boundaries are clearer. Teenagers straddle a realm between child and adult which can require a little more finesse.