TITLE: Uneven
GENRE: YA Contemporary
A former elite gymnast struggles to adjust to life as a “normal” high school student after a traumatic and life-defining incident causes her to give up the sport.
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I would start this off with the incident since that is what incites your story. After that, tell us more about what she actually has to achieve. Being "normal" is not a tangible goal for a single story.
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Holly
Need, inciting incident, goal, obstacles Need: to be Normal? Inciting incident: a traumatic injury? Goal: Not sure what her concrete goal is? Obstacles: has to give up gymnastics, has injury. It sounds like a great story--but I'm unclear as to what the goal is.
ReplyDeleteGreat Title. There's a lot of possibilities here. Does she still eat like a pro athlete? What does she do with her free time? How do old teammates react? Did she have a pushy parent? What is their relationship like now? Is she a driven sort that needs to find a new activity to drill into? Ok, I'm getting away with myself here. I suggest focusing on the one thing she loves and or hates the most in normal life, and why she can't get it, and or escape it. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI like the title, too. I agree that we could use a concrete inciting incident, but this is great and to the point.
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