“I can’t apologize to you. I came to tell you the truth. That’s all.” -Sonya Kantor, Poster Girl Poster Girl is the best book I’ve read in a long, long time. I knew I’d enjoy it – I was a child of the dystopian YA lit boom in the late 2000s, and a massive fan… Continue reading Book Review: Poster Girl by Veronica Roth
Despite having taken every single literature class I had the opportunity to take throughout high school, I was well into college before I ever heard the term “diegesis.” I can only assume this is because my high school teachers were afraid of having to explain it. I completely sympathize with this. It’s a great word… Continue reading Diegesis: breaking down the most confusing term in literature
People have really strong opinions about tense. I know this because I write mostly in the present tense, which means I get to experience the full force of people ranting about how awful present tense is. I, as you might gather, respectfully disagree. I also think people get tense wrong more broadly – what it’s… Continue reading Present tense? Past tense? Here’s how to choose!
