Blog Post 2: Identifying and Sorting

Five main elements of my novel  are:
1. Conflict
2. Suspense
3. No unnecessary detail
4. Few characters
5. Trap or obstacle

           Conflict is the most important element to me because it keeps the story interesting. In my novel that i just finished, Twisted, conflict is used in a way that captures your attention and is used throughout the entire book. The four main characters in my book Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna are very different, and ever since their other best friend Alison was murdered, the four girls haven't been very close. While all of the girls are receiving anonymous messages from somebody know as A, they are reunited in trying to find out who is sending them these threatening messages. Conflict is created while they try to work together and stop the messages. The only problem is, that the messages that they are receiving contain secrets about the girls that only one person knew about.. Alison, but how could she be messaging them when she's dead? All of the girls have to put there differences aside and stay together if they want to stop this anonymous person from ruining their lives, and with that comes tones of conflict! An example of conflict created in this series is shown in the following quotation: "Hanna looks at her phone, surprised to see Spencer's name. She had barely talked to Spencer since the incident that happened between the two of them, along with Aria and Emily, in Jamaica last summer." (Shepard, Ruthless 9)

Shepard, Sara. Twisted. New York: Alloy Entertainment. 2011. Print.