What's 812 Reading? discussion

If you could change one aspect of your IR book, what would it be (character development? dialogue? conflict?)?

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If I were to change one aspect of my book the it would be the character development. For example i feel that i dont know enuff of my character to move on through the rest of the book succesfully. This shows one of the strugles that some can come across while reading this book such as I have. Another example is that I have gotten confused by to characters that have very similare names all because the auther did not give enuff backroud information for us to easily distinguish each of those characters.

If I were to change one aspect of my book it would be the conflict. For example my character is adopted and never knew who his parents were maybe earlier in the book they should have explain what happen with the parents or why they choose to give up their son. Another example is they should have him meet his real parents somewhere in the book to get more details about why they gave him up for adoption.

In my book The Warlock one aspect that I would change is character development. My character is a protagonist Josh Newman and he has changed way too much that I feel that he would not change so much because it makes the book confusing. Also Josh Newman changes from good to bad but then he changes soft as a villain and he is dynamic but in a confusing way also he character is confusing. Lastly I would make my character development to just be good to evil to make it way more interesting. That is one aspect that I would change in my book.

In the fiction book "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins; if I had a chance to change an aspect of the book, I would change the dialogue. That is because of the way that the book started off with. The protagonist Katniss is a 16 year old teenager who lives in a district that was in a place that used to be known as North America. Katniss lives with her family and also poverty. The own district is in a lack of money, which also lacks food for everyone. Katniss was caring for her sister and mother due to the lost of her father during a coal mine accident. Districts were in trouble of money, but there lies along a place called the Capitol, which is full of rich cruel people. Every year, two kids were sent to fight from each district against others to death. Katniss and Prim was waiting to see who was going to get picked from their district, but the unexpected happened. Prim was selected with tears along, but Katniss helped take her spot. When time went on, Katniss got on the train to go to the capitol where death might happen. The book was very good, except I would change a little of the dialogue in the beginning. On page 16, Katniss and Prim were preparing to go to the square where a lot of the big moments happened and the change of setting was written like, "At one o'clock, we head for the square." This shows why I would change the aspect of dialogue if I had a chance because the book has a bad way of scenes being changed in the book. The fast change in settings can cause a confusion on the story.

In the fantasy book, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, if I got a chance to change an aspect of the book, it would be the dialogue. In the book, the protagonist, Percy Jackson has arrived at camp Half-blood and is getting a tour about the camp and what it is. Annabeth, a blonde girl that Percy met was his main tour guide. She showed him around, and she even told him his conditions that he has: Dyslexia and ADHD, even though they have never met. It was the thing that most of the campers have experienced. The camp is also only allowed for demi-gods aka, half-bloods. The dialogue that I want to change would be the way that the campers greet him. For example, when Percy first arrive at his cabin, there were many campers. However, there weren't too much dialogue between the campers and Percy. Instead, it would be better if the campers introduced themselves, and tell them who they are. That way, Percy would get more information about the camp. The only dialogue that Percy had with a camper is when one of the campers said, "...Welcome, Percy, You can have that spot on the floor, right over there" (84). This quote shows the only dialogue that Percy has exchanged to their cabin members. If Percy has receive more information such as who they are, he might have an idea about the camp. If the cabin members spoke more of themselves, Percy can figure out more about himself and others too.

In the book "the train" one thing i would like to chage was the bad guy "frog" frog comes back from the dead after his's death and haunts the ones who bulled him in life. In the book frog's action made him look like a "human" walking around sneakly attacking people. I would like him to be more supernatral like a ghost. He should be able to fly around like a demon, toss objects like a polorgest,do some crazy ghost stuff you see on ghostbusters. If this happens it can give reader's a bigger sense of fear and dispear when Frog trys to attack people therfore makeing the book alot better then it is now.

In the fantasy book, Die For Me, by Amy Plum, 14 year old protagonist Kate, has just discovered Vincent's dark past. He is what people know as a revenant, a being that sacrifices their lives over and over again to save the people in trouble. Their lives are destroyed over and over again in order to save humans. In order for them to wake up again, they will have to "hibernate" for 3 days and on the end of the third day, they wake up all fresh and new. Living as a revenant sometimes is not that easy as you think. They have enemies, called the numa, that do exactly the opposite of what they do, and kill people's lives. One aspect that this book should change is the conflict. Instead of Kate discovering about Vincent's existence as a revenant, she should at least realize the kindness that Vincent had already acted towards her, and respect the fact that the way he is cannot be changed. Then, everything would be positive again and there would be no conflict between the lovebirds. In the text, on page 180, Kate tells Vincent,"And when its your turn, it will be even worse. I can't stand the thought of seeing you die again and again. It reminds me too much of my parents' deaths." This quote shows how much pain Kate has in her heart to be too close to a person and love them way too much. She is afraid that if she loves a person again, they will disappear just like her parents once did. But without the aspect of this conflict, Kate wouldn't feel this way and Vincent and Kate will still be couples.

In the book Bad Boys a Memoir by Walter Dean Myers one thing that I would change in the book is the length of the action in the book. In the book Walter Dean Myers goes through many exciting and action scenes. The action scenes in the book seems too short for me. I would like it to be extended by a little by adding more details of more of what Walter Dean Myers was thinking of. The book should express the thoughts and feelings of Walter Dean Myers when he is in a fight or with a conflict. I feel that this will make the book better because it will let the reader know more about him.

In the book "Drama High" By L.Divine,There are alot of things i could change about book/series is to put more action. When Jayd and misty and KJ's "New Toy girl" all got into a BIG argument about how Jayd needs to back off of Kj, I would say that they had a fight. I say this because the book is called "DRAMA HIGH". Little arguements are not such of a big deal. Fights will make the book more suspense. To get the readers excited.

In the book Bad Boy, by Walter Dean Myers, I wouldn't change anything in the book. I think that Walter does a great job of explaining his life and all of the bad and good times he's been through. In the book Walter is a troubled kid who likes to read and write but gets into lots of fights. One thing that Walter explains well is when his uncle Lee died. In this part of the book Walter has never been to a funeral and sees people sad. "I had never seen adults crying before, their faces distorted and strained with emotion, their hurt pushing them awkwardly from cars to the graveside and back, and then back to the Bronx, where they sat around the table,thinking what might have been if uncle Lee had only had a few more years." This shows that Walters writing is excellent and I wouldn't want to change a thing

If I were to change one aspect of my book the it would be the character improvements. For example i feel that i dont know alot about my character to move on through the rest of the book succesfully. This shows one of the strugles that some can come across while reading this book such as I have. Another example is that I have gotten lost by to characters that have very similare names all because the auther did not give enuff backroud information for us to easily understand each of those characters.

If I could change one thing In my book "Always Running" by Luis J. Rodriguez is I would make the book less predictible because it was very easy to tell what was going to happen next and the way I would change that is by making the book unpredictable so the reader will not be able to know what is going to happen next in the book.

In the fiction noval called Catching Fire by suzanne collins, I would change the character development because they make the characters so natural and confusing. I would make the characters different than the other ones and I also change there personality. For example,"At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it". This shows that I should change how they feel. I also change the setting of how the captiol feels about the districts because they had made it to hurtfeel and mean.

In the story "Second Snapshot", I would change on how a plot in the book happens but then isn't solved for more than 10 chapters. The way I would change my book is have the plot figured out within 5 to 8 chapters." Don't worry. We will figure this out together; I won't let anything hurt you." This her boyfriend thought was her druggie uncle messing around with her. Yet, still reading the story, almost finished they have not figured out who has done this to them.

If i had the chance to change something in my book it would be the conflict between Steve and Cruz. The conflict between them is understandable but they dont really say anything to each other. throughout the book they just throw indirects to each other and they only spoke to the judge. but you can feel that energy between them. Also i would change the details in Mr:Zinzi's part of the story. They only give a quick summary about him and it seems like he had a big part in the book.