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Keeper of the Lost Cities  is a MG fantasy series by Shannon Messenger. It's currently 8.5 books long and it gets so much hype. With one more book on the way, what can we look forward to? Despite all its hype, there's a lot  that has been complained about. And most of it is justified.  I've been with this series since the release of Neverseen , Book 4. While I enjoyed it at first, the more I read it, the less I enjoy it. I feel like the series began with so much potential, but missed the mark by a long shot.  Here's the four biggest problems we can take away from this series. Let's get to!    1. Special snowflake and cardboard cutouts  Our main character, Sophie Foster, is a special snowflake. She's the specialest of special snowflakes. First, what does it mean?  To be a special snowflake means that the character is treated differently, generally worshipped, because of their supposedly amazing qualities. Here's a few common traits: The world re...

Transcript  Writing With Perfectionism: When to use perfectionism in writing The key question to ask: Can this be changed later? If it can, use imperfection. If it can't, use perfectionism.    Let's look at the three stages of writing: Idea >> Imperfection Research Execution >> Imperfection Planning, drafting Presentation >> Perfection Editing, design

One series I read a while ago and decided to revisit is the Dreamtreaders  series by Wayne Thomas Batson. I enjoyed it before, but on my reread, not as much. Don't get me wrong, I still like it, but the technical flaws glare at me.  But the things I liked about it and continue to like about it is its charm. There's something refreshing in high school drama after epic fantasy. That's probably just me though.  Let's get to!  1. Referring to characters  One of the most grating things I find in my reread is how the author refers to characters in the narrative. Specifically with title calling.  What is title calling? It's when you talk about another character by what they do. I like to extend this to anything else besides their name or pronoun.  First, a little context about the story. The main character, Archer Keaton, is a Dreamtreader, which means that he can do almost whatever he wants in the dream. It's basically a lucid dream, except reality. Kind of...

Recently, I read a novelty book series. I'm not going to name it because it's not a story I would recommend to other people, but it was the only book I could find at that time. Even though I'm not naming, I'm still counting this as a Lessons From The Media post. One thing that stood out from this series was the typography. It was... interesting  to say the least . (Read: it was way too distracting and hard to read.) From this book, I've come up with a list of seven typography sins you must never commit. 1. Overpopulation of caps.  Source: Imgur Having caps lock on for any part of text is bound to get attention. That's the point of capital letters. (Apart from the start of sentences and Proper Nouns.) It's also why some authors think they should use caps for EMPHASIS and for shouting matches. No. It can make your book look amateurish and like you're trying too hard. It's not a good impression to make. Worst of all, it's hard to re...