Category Archives: Plot

Ideas on plotting and story

On Andrew Smith and Attacking the Avant-Garde

Gone Girl: To Be YA or Not To Be YA

Half Bad: Engaging Expectation in YA Lit

Linked: A Prelude to Story in YA Lit

The Hunger Games: Credibly Unique Protagonists in YA Lit

The Hunger Games: Stakes, Risk & Character in YA lit

The Eye of Minds: Pragmatic Implausibility in YA Lit

Allegiant: Thought Acts in YA Lit

Ashes: Thought Acts in YA Lit

Uglies: The Shay Alternative in YA Lit