Tag Archives: writing

On Opinion vs. Criticism

On Voice: Three Ways

On Andrew Smith and Attacking the Avant-Garde

We All Looked Up: Imagery, Metaphor and Word Choice in YA Lit

Ten: Quick Confusion

On Querying: It’s About Etiquette

If I Stay: Emotionalism in Detail

Gone Girl: To Be YA or Not To Be YA

Half Bad: Engaging Expectation in YA Lit

221B Baker Street: Character in Dialogue

We Were Liars: Compositionally Unstable

Linked: A Prelude to Story in YA Lit

Cress: Word Choice in YA Lit

The Hunger Games: Credibly Unique Protagonists in YA Lit

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

On Humanity & Unreliable Narrators

Blood Red Road: Language as Character & Setting in YA Lit

On Grammatical Person & the Element of Surprise

Allegiant: Thought Acts in YA Lit

Ashes: Thought Acts in YA Lit