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hayloo, lovies.

today's post will be a plot and paper post.

progress:

30/180 pages...

that, according to the calculator on the computer, is about 16%.

n e w  i d e a s

my original plan for (re)learning how to fly was to make it a typical YA romance with some wit and innuendo. throw in a dash of abuse and teenage girl jealousy and voila, i would be done.

but, @katelinnea gave me the idea this morning to make it into a YA romance/mystery. well, she was saying from reviewing bones and castle that she's tempted to change her NaNo idea from a YA romance to just a mystery, but i've been playing with this idea for a while.

we all know i'm hooked on shows like white collar, veronica mars, bones, castle, lie to me, and psych.

not enough YA books are like that. they are, quite frankly, shallow for the most part.

i like books like i like my tv shows.

i want to try and guess the end and i want you to keep me guessing.

i've been searchingsearchingsearching for YA books like that. they are hard to find unless you're into more supernatural stuff, and i'm not exactly a really paranormal book reading person.

but, a few months ago, i met kristina mcbride.

she is wonderful person, and an even more amazing author.

one who you wouldn't expect to write a kidnapping novel.

but, she does.

and it's not your typical kidnapping story.

it's told from the friend of the victim.

i thought that the tension of opposites would be a book that would freak me out, mainly because i know where everything happens.

but it didn't.

tessa juggles the return of her best friend noelle - who now wants to be called elle - and the new boy in town that is ohb-vee-us-lee into her.

and, let me tell you, if boys from that area were actually like that, i would never want to leave home.

i immediately fell in love with her male lead. he was everything a teenage girl wants in a guy.

but, dealing with elle kind of screws it all up.

the tension of opposites kept me guessing at every turn.

there might not have been a lot of mystery involved, but you never knew what elle would screw up next.

kristina mcbride has made me want to try my hand at a little mystery.

i no longer want to be predictable.

i won't limit it to one typical subject matter that you find in YA books.

dessen tends to put two in each book. one or more neglectful parents, and one other thing that just needs to be put into the teens of today's minds so they know they're not alone.

and, i am now out of time, so i won't elaborate more.

like i was going to, anyway.

*rolls eyes*

xoxo,

rissa