Category Archives: Theoretics

Ideas on writing theoretics

On Opinion vs. Criticism

On Andrew Smith and Attacking the Avant-Garde

It’s Not You, It’s Everything Else

On Querying: It’s About Etiquette

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

On Humanity & Unreliable Narrators

On Grammatical Person & the Element of Surprise

Allegiant: Thought Acts in YA Lit

Ashes: Thought Acts in YA Lit

On Filling the Well

The Fifth Wave: Embodying Narrative in YA Lit

Ender’s Game: The Utterly Reliable Narrator in YA Lit