Deconstructing The Hunger Games
Okay, I have figured out the magical formula for making a hit dystopian science fiction Young Adult book.
Tag: Suzanne Collins
Subject-less Sentences
I noticed another little trick Suzanne Collins used to pull readers along at breakneck speed in The Hunger Games. I hadn’t noticed it in the first two boo...
Hunger Games Descriptions
As I’m reading the Hunger Games trilogy (I’m on the last book now), I am trying to analyze why it is so popular and addictive. The story is okay, the characters...
Hunger Games Dialog Tags
One thing I forgot to mention about The Hunger Games: The dialog tags. It’s funny the things you notice when you’re an aspiring writer. Suzanne Collins uses the...
On The Hunger Games
I finally get around to reading Hunger Games. (See what I did there?) I think it’s not terrible. It’s a decent action adventure yarn, but it’s...