This is a long one, just a heads up.
Every author’s writing style is different. When you like to read and write as much as I do you tend to pick up on things like that. Two great examples of this are Sherlock Holmes and Harry Potter. While they both are different genres which plays a big role in the writing styles another big role is that when the Sherlock Holmes series was written there was no TV. That’s why everything in this book is put into great detail. The author is trying to paint a very vivid picture for the reader. While the author of Harry Potter did provide lots of very good detail, she didn’t have to add as much. Because at that time there were more modern items that almost everybody knew what they were and how to use them. So explaining everything in great amounts of detail wasn’t needed.
My writing style is very light. Meaning I could probably write comedy’s and fantasy more than I could write anything that was dark. My friend who also writes with me has a darker writing style. She would probably be a murder mystery and horror story writer rather than comedy.
Novels are books that stand by themselves. There’s no series to it, just that one book. Sherlock Holmes is a set of novels that share the same two characters. Holmes and Watson. A perfect example of a series of books is the Percy Jackson series. It’s a three part series but each one can be read as a stand alone. It does make more sense if you read each series in order. Novellas are short novels, but they are longer than most short stories. An example of a Novella that I have is Crank Palace. It’s from The Maze Runner series. I really enjoyed it, however there were still a few questions of what happened to a few people in the series that were never answered.
There are five parts to a work of fiction. 1:Characters, 2:Setting, 3:Plot, 4: Conflict, 5: Resolution. First let’s talk about characters, I’m sure that anyone who reads has their favorite characters. Author’s writing style can not only pull you into the story and make you wish you were living in that fantasy world but they can make you attached to the character. Make you relate to them in some way, and even cry when that character dies. I’m going to talk about four different books for each part of the five works of fiction. The first character that I’m drawn to is Emily, from the series Pegasus by Kate O’Hearn. It’s a six part series that’s very good. I’ll talk more on what it’s about when I move onto talking about the plot of each book. I’ve found that I have a special connection with Emily. I relate to her a lot. She has a strong love for Pegasus. They have many adventures together along with their friends. I have a horse named Joker that I have a special connection with. Kinda like Emily and Pegasus. Another thing that me and this character had in common was that we both kinda have a temper. But I think she controls it a lot better than I do.
Moving onto another great set of characters that I really love is Percy and Annabeth from the amazing series Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan. I know I talk about this series a lot but I’m a big fan. What can I say? Percy is the son of Poseidon, he has such witty humor that never fails to make me laugh, sometimes I feel bad for Annebeth who had to put up with his dorky side all the time. Percy is just a fun character to read about, he stands out even when he doesn’t mean to in school. He might be kinda an outcast because he’s different but that’s what makes him special. Annabeth is the daughter of Athena, she’s a really cool character that I look up to. Even if she is a book character she’s a great role model.
Another great funny, witty, sarcastic character is Nick Gautier, from the Chronicles of Nick series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Nick reminds me a lot of Percy, but there are definitely some differences. I highly believe that fans of Percy Jackson might fall in love with this series. Like Percy, Nick has a very good sense of humor, he stands out and has a special talent as he likes to call it, that makes teachers mad. He sometimes wishes for a normal life and makes comments on how he wishes that creatures would stop putting him on their menu. He annoys the crap outta Caleb, he’s protector and best friend. Any time these two are together, I’m wowed by their fighting skills or laughing at Nick bugging Caleb. This is a duo that I absolutely love.
Last but not least is Gilly from another great series Fairy Tale Reform School By Jen Calonita. Gilly is a shoemaker’s daughter, she’s a pretty good thief too. Until she isn’t, when she gets caught she goes to FTRS, where she meets two other people like her. Gilly and her friend never fail to make my smile with their sass at the teachers. It’s been a while since I’ve read that series but I can tell you that Gilly and one of her good friends Kayla. Those two are a fun pair.
Moving onto Setting.The setting is the destination where all of the events in the story are taking place. First on our list is Pegasus while they go several places throughout the series a majority of it is Olynpus and New York. Once they travel to Las Vegas, and some other places as well but I can’t really remember it’s been a long time since I’ve read the series.
Percy Jackson, just like Pegasus it’s set in New York, then some of it in Olympus, although the rest of it is in Camp Half-Blood.
In Chronicles of Nick is set in New Orleans. It’s very interesting to learn things about different places from books. When I graduate college, I plan on traveling to New Orleans for a bit with a friend of mine.
Most of the Fairy Tale Reform school series is set in the school itself, it’s rare that the kids get to go into the town.
Now to the plot. A plot is a series of events that make up a story. The Pegasus books follow Emily, her friend Paelen, Joel, and of course Pegasus as they fight to save Olmpus from different threats. One of those threats is the people known as the CRU, a government agency who is constantly trailing them anytime they go down to earth.
The first book in the first series of Percy Jackson is all about how Percy learns that he is a demigod, he goes to camp half blood learns all about being a demigod then the next thing he knows he’s going on a quest.
Chronicles of Nick follows Nick Gautier as he learns that he is the son of a powerful demon. Normally he would’ve already learned how to control his powers and how to take his father and become the next powerful Malachai. That’s how it would’ve gone if his mother was a demon just like his dad. However his mom is human. The series follows Nick and his friends as they battle the other demons after his powers. All while trying to keep this a secret from his mother and try not to be like his father.
FTRS follows Gilly and her friend at Fairy tale reform school. Together they cause chaos and on several Occasions they save the school.
There’s always conflict in a story, the conflict is while the task for the main character might sound easy but there’s always challenges along the way that make the task harder for the character. The resolution is a series of events that ties up any other questions that were not answered throughout the book and maybe even adds a few other questions to the list.
The conflict in Pegasus’ first book of the series Emily and Joel struggle to help pegasus back home to Olympus as the police, the news, and other threats along the way. The resolution is that eventually they get Pegasus home but there’s still a few questions that haven’t been answered until the second book.
The conflict in Percy Jackson that Zues’s lighting bolt has gone missing, it’s up to Percy and his friends to find the lightning bolt and bring it back without letting the hands of evil take it. The resolution is Percy finally gets it back to Zeus but he’s newest problem is worrying about his new life adjusting to being a demigod.
The conflict of Chronicles of Nick is in the first book Nick learns about his newfound powers and he has to learn how to use them while being attacked by his zombie classmates. The resolution is Nick is finally learning how to use his powers, his friends and him finally figured out who was turning his classmates into zombies and how to change them back but there’s still a long way ahead before he can finally learn how to master all of his powers.
The conflict in Fairy Tale Reform School is that two villains Gottie and Alva are still out there no one knows where they are and no one knows if they’re even alive but they’re still the biggest threat to the kingdom. Gottie is Mother Gothel and Alva is the evil fairy who tried to curse princess rose. Avla was The biggest threat for a while in the series but then Rumpelstiltskin stepped in and was an even bigger threat. The resolution is when Gilly is able to face these villains. I don’t even really remember what happened in the series since it’s been so long since I’ve read it. So this part may not be entirely correct.
Genres play a very important part in books and movies. They are different categories of books and movies. Some examples of genres for books are western, fantasy, romance, dystopian. Some for movies which include a few similar genres with books are, chick flick, action adventure, fantasy (again), horror.
An author’s style is unique, like Alice and Wonderland the author wrote a book with a bunch of random silly things. It’s a children’s book, it’s a strange book, but it was still pretty interesting. The author can always drag you into the story, even if you’re not a big fan of its exact genre. For example when I read Twilight I’m not a big fan of Romance, but it’s a romance and a fantasy. I said I’d read it so at least I can say I’ve read it. While I have no care for the romantic part of it whatsoever, Stephenie Meyer does a great job with the feud with the werewolf and vampires. Each member of the Cullen Family has an interesting backstory as to what happened before they were turned. I find it all very interesting and it pulls me into that world.
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