To record the bad debt, which is an adjusting entry, debit Bad Debt Expense and credit Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. When a customer is identified as uncollectible, we would credit Accounts Receivable.
Coming-of-age story. In genre studies, a coming-of-age story is a genre of literature and film that focuses on the growth of a protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age). Coming-of-age stories tend to emphasize dialogue or internal monologue over action, and are often set in the past.
Why are American writers so good at coming-of-age novels? Does a recent wave of compelling coming-of-age stories by American authors suggest a national quality that lends itself to a mastery of the genre?