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Guest Post from Pouya

My colleague, uber-agent Suzie Townsend, has consistently stated on this Tumblr that the only thing that matters for aspiring authors is whether you can keep the reader interested enough to keep reading. Interestingly enough, my old friend Geoff LaTulippe (screenwriter of the fantastic and criminally underrated GOING THE DISTANCE), directed his thoughts on this topic at aspiring screenwriters last week that made the exact same point. Below are some great pull quotes from him, and to put it in context, Geoff wrote it in regard to the following article: http://www.indiewire.com/article/why-story-structure-formulas-dont-work-20150826 “@DrGMLaTulippe: I’ve stated this many, many, many times before, but it very much bears repeating: your ONLY job as a screenwriter is to keep the reader interested and entertained, from the first page to the last page. Captivated, engaged, and starving for more. That’s it. Your only. Job. HOW you accomplish that? That’s a much bigger conversation, and it’s predicated upon many, many, many different factors (lots of “manys”). In fact, it’s at pointless exercise to try to advise the collective on such a thing. What works for one writer/script may not for another. There are no rules. There are a few standards, and there are philosophies, and there are approaches. But there are no “rules”. Get the ideas of “rules” straight out of your head. Now. And forever. It helps to know about Three Act Structure. It helps to be aware of inciting incidents and plot points and what they mean and distinguish. It also helps to know that rarely, if ever, does a script call for all of them. And sometimes a script calls for none at all. That’s a long way of saying: without reading it, I can’t tell you which “rules” work for your script and which don’t. No one can. But what I can tell you is this, again: your one and only job as screenwriter is to compel your read to keep turning the page. Fin. That should be a completely liberating concept to a writer. You can literally do whatever you want - as long as you make it work. And yeah, making it work is the hard part - way, way, way (many “ways”) easier said than done. You think you’re looking for instruction, but you’re not. What you’re looking for is permission. What you need to do is study. And write. Study and write. And you’ll give *yourself* permission to create whatever you want, however you want to create it. No one can tell you how to write. No one can “teach” you how to tell a story. Some can help you refine your instincts or your mechanics. You gotta learn on your own how to communicate the things you want to say. And the sooner you figure that out, the better writer you’ll be. The next step after that? Learning how to accept and absorb criticism from the people who know what they’re doing. For now, go be free and tell tales. Figure out what works for you and what doesn’t. Read and write. Hope my little diatribe was helpful.”

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Yes! I love talking process, but there is no amount of discussion that will save you from the discomfort of finding your way through a story.

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so much truth.

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Will always reblog this, forever. 

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Heading to Austin in March!

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Roar Mood Board || Under the Never Sky Trilogy by Veronica Rossi

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Under The Never Sky Trilogy by Veronica Rossi

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FAVORITE YA LADIES -  Aria (Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi)

“She’d survived the outside. She’d survived the Aether and cannibals and wolves. She knew how to love now, and how to let go. Whatever came next, she would survive it, too”

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Love!

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“A world of nevers under a never sky. She fit in well then.”

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Try to sleep. Tomorrow’s coming, whether we worry about it or not.

Peregrine, Into the Still Blue (via undertheneverskysource)

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BOOM!!!! #RIDERS by @rossibooks at #alaac15

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The cover and jacket copy for my next YA, RIDERS!

***

For eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake, nothing but death can keep him from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does.

Recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a bizarre cuff he can’t remove. His death has brought to life his real destiny. He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Over the coming weeks, he and the other horsemen—Conquest, Famine and Death—are brought together by a beautiful but frustratingly secretive girl to help save humanity from an ancient evil on the emergence.

They fail.

Now—bound, bloodied, and drugged—Gideon is interrogated by the authorities about his role in a battle that has become an international incident. If he stands any chance of saving his friends and the girl he’s fallen for—not to mention all of humankind—he needs to convince the skeptical government officials the world is in imminent danger.

But will anyone believe him?

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My goal for the day (stated) versus my dog’s goal (unstated, but clearly “how about a walk?”)

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54 of my favorite YA heroines! 

This took forever and a day, and I wish I could fix half of them, but I’m pretty pleased. It was great drawing a lot of these girls I’d never drawn before and seeing them all together.

1.     Hazel Levesque – The Heroes of Olymus

2.     Annabeth Chase – Percy Jackson and the Olympians

3.     Reyna Ramirez-Arellano – The Heroes of Olympus

4.     Piper McLean – The Heroes of Olympus

5.     Hermione Granger – Harry Potter

6.     Ginny Weasely – Harry Potter

7.     Tessa Gray – The Infernal Devices

8.     Isabelle Lightwood – The Mortal Instruments

9.     Evie Green – Paranormalcy

10.  Allison Sekemoto – Immortal Rules

11.  Clary Fray – The Mortal Instruments

12.  Linh Cinder – Lunar Chronicles

13.  Ella of Frell – Ella Enchanted

14.  Princess Isra – Of Beast and Beauty

15.  Scarlet Benoit – Lunar Chronicles

16.  Sophie Hatter – Howl’s Moving Castle

17.  Crescent Moon Darnel – Lunar Chronicles

18.  Katniss Everdeen – The Hunger Games

19.  Aria – Under the Never Sky

20.  Ruby Daly – The Darkest Minds

21.  June Iparis - Legend

22.  Tris Prior - Divergent

23.  Hazel Lancaster – The Fault in Our Stars

24.  Anna Oliphant – Anna and the French Kiss

25.  Cath - Fangirl

26.  Maddie Bodartt – Code Name Verity

27.  Julia Beaufort-Stewart – Code Name Verity

28.  Attolia – the Queen’s Theif

29.  Yelena – Poison Study

30.  Celeana Sardothien - Throne of Glass

31.  Alanna of Trebond – Song of the Lioness

32.  Katsa - Graceling

33.  Fire - Fire

34.  Meira – Snow Like Ashes

35.  Princess Lia – The Kiss of Deception

36.  Kestrel – The Winner’s Curse

37.  Alina – The Grisha Trilogy

38.  Adelina – The Young Elites

39.  Karou –Daughter of Smoke and Bone

40.  Seraphina Dombergh – Seraphina

41.  Meghan Chase – The Iron Fey

42.  Ember Hill – Talon

43.  Lucero-Elisa – Girl of Fire and Thorns

44.  Nikki Beckett – Everneath

45.  Lilac LaRoux – These Broken Stars

46.  Blue Sargent – The Raven Cycle

47.  Kami Glass – The Lynburn Chronicles

48.  Deeba Resham – Un Lun Dun

49.  Lila Zacharov – The Curse Workers

50. Juliet Moreau – The Madman’s Daughter

51. Gemma Doyle – A Great and Terrible Beauty

52. Eleanor Fitt – Something Strange and Deadly

53. Evie O’Neill – The Diviners

54. Emma – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

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This is amazing!!!

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“Oh, this is so cute! OH THERE IS EVIE BRB FREAKING OUT.”

Love it!!

LOVE THIS SO HARD.

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YALLWEST’s inaugural year was amazing. Definitely a must for YA book lovers!

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Recommendation Friday :D Today I’d like to recommend the Under the Never Sky series by Veronica Rossi. This is one of my favorite dystopian series out there. Just a fantastic trilogy. Amazing world building and memorable characters.. Highly recommend it!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter Weekend