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From the overly quirky to the cardboard cutouts, the young adult section has an overwhelming amount of characters that almost feel like real teens but are missing something. Ever read a book with a main character you just couldn't root for? Perhaps, they didn't feel human or perhaps they were too relatable to the point of being bland, but you just couldn't connect with these characters. Which as a writer, this always makes me take a double look at my own characters. Are they two dimensional? Unlovable? Unrealistic? And if so, why? And how can we, as aspiring authors prevent this? The main problem I find in many protagonists in young adult fiction is that they don't feel like teens. Sometimes they are written like twenty-year-olds, the parents aren't really in the picture, partying every night, crazy road trips and adventures, smoking, drinking, and constant sex. It's just not a realistic way of everyday life for the majority of teens. Sometimes they're just ...

I'm sorry if this week's answers feel half-hearted, I'm really really tired. 1. List your SC’s, state one of their main hobbies, and tell us how they influence your MC in the story. Kavya loves fashion, and the theater/acting.  She is very optimistic and helps the main characters (Piper and Alex) look on the bright side of things, she's also very supportive.  2. Who is the SC that is the closest to your MC? Kavya is probably the closest to both Piper and Alex. Josh is a loner type and doesn't really trust anyone. 3. How do your SC’s act around people they don’t know? Kavya acts like everyone she meets is her best friend, she is crazy extroverted and friendly.  4. What conflict do they add to the story (disagreeing with the MC, perhaps)? She disagrees with Piper's plan and blames herself for not stopping Piper from running away. 5. Would your MC die for any of them?  What about vice versa? Yes. Piper and Kavya have been best friends since sixth grade and ar...

Hahahaha, once again, as a contemporary author I am having a bit of a *crickets* moment when it comes to this post.  So, my story doesn't really have a main antagonist??? It's a man vs. self or man vs. nature struggle, although there are a few instances of man vs. man. This post is going to be me deflecting half of these questions. ;P 1. Introduce the main antagonist of your book! I don't have one! I do have a few side antagonists though!  2. What do you (the writer) have in common with the antagonist?  What do you not have in common? One of the main antagonists, Austen, is a very insecure person, which is why he bullies Alex. Although, I am not a bully, I can relate to feeling lost.  3. What does your antagonist do when he/she is mad?  Do they have a soft spot? One of Alex's bullies ends up feeling remorseful and apologizes to Alex. There is another antagonist besides Alex's bullies, and the antagonist is a ghost of Josh's past life, but I can'...

uhhh, so hi. hello. hey . . . . . how are you? . . . the weather is sure... weathery isn't it? . . . do you also like the smell of old books or am i weird? . . . i'm weird, aren't i? . . . okay, okay, i'll admit defeat: i have nothing to post. n othing . n ada. goose eggs. so here's a playlist i like to write/live to: follow me on spotify if you want, i don't post a lot on there, but when i do it's songs i think are worth saving, so I guess it's kind of good?? i think so anyway. sorry for the lack of a real post, i have a test this week and thus the dreaded test anxiety and self-deprecation. anyways, sorry for rambling. i'm off to pursue a career as a burrito of sadness and nerves. bye, gray marie

Let's just jump right in! 1. Introduce your MC. Piper Anson, seventeen.  Josh, nineteen. Alex Anson, fifteen.  ***I own none of these images, they are all from Pinterest, all rights to the original owners.*** 2. What does your MC value the most? Piper- Her art. Alex-His music. Josh-His freedom. 3. What is your MC’s wildest dream?  What is their greatest fear? Piper-To become a famous artist like Monet or Cassatt. Greatest fear -Never being good enough. Alex-To be a songwriter. Greatest fear -Realizing his work isn't good at all. Josh-To win the lottery . Greatest fear -His past catching up with him. 4. What is your MC’s favorite food?  Can they cook? This is a big nope for all of them except for Alex, who paid more attention than Piper while their mom baked cookies when they were younger.  I've never really thought about the food one...  5. What do you (the writer) have in common with the MC?  What do you not have in common? I share a lot of the same ...

First of all, I know this week seems a bit like a week of reviews, but bear with me, I promise that next week won't have any. Secondly, a big thanks to Bethany House for sending me this book in exchange for a review! Even though they sent this book to me all thoughts on this review are 100% honest and my opinion. Fantasy fanatics listen up, because I have the book for you! This captivating book weaves a tale of betrayal, schemes, family secrets, and mysterious crimes and murders. Summary (from goodreads): Lady Selene is the heir to the Great House of Ravenwood and the secret family gift of dreamwalking. As a dreamwalker, she can enter a person's dreams and manipulate their greatest fears or desires. For the last hundred years, the Ravenwood women have used their gift of dreaming for hire to gather information or to assassinate. As she discovers her family's dark secret, Selene is torn between upholding her family's legacy--a legacy that supports her people--or seeking ...

Remember way back when I reviewed The Hate U Give ? While I believed the book was important, I had many mixed feelings about it. The book had some problematic moments in it, a lot of those moments were justifiable (example, Starr being wary of her boyfriend because he's white), but I really felt like it took so much away from the main message of the book. Last Saturday I went and watched the movie with my mom and it absolutely blew me away. Even before I watched the movie I was hyped for it, The Hate U Give book was amazing, although I personally didn't love all of the content and I felt like it hindered itself in a few places (hence the three star rating), but I couldn't wait to see what the movie would accomplish. I wasn't disappointed. ***All photo credit goes to Fox 2000 Pictures for all of the pictures from the movie in this post.*** Not only was the movie beautiful and artfully pulled off, but the message was so strong and the heart of the book and the story trul...

Hey guys! It is that time of the year again where Julian throws this amazing blog link-up, and I am super excited to be participating again this year.  Now, technically I will not be doing nano this month due to school, stress, and life in general. But I am hoping to write more than I have been, and this tag is so helpful!  So, if you're interested in learning more about my book, come to my blog every Friday this month. Introduce the story: blurb, maybe a cover or anything else! A three POV story.  When Piper and Alex Anson's mom is a survivor of a hit-and-run and is left unconscious and possibly paralyzed in a hospital, the two siblings are stunned.  Both Piper and Alex try to cope with the uncertainty of their life, but when Piper realizes the debt their lower-middle-class family will be in when it comes to hospital bills, she decides to take matters into her own hands: by running off to New York to try and sell her art.  Along the way, Piper runs into Josh...