reading my bad (problematic) YA fantasy book 😖 | writing mistakes from my first novel

revisiting the first book i ever wrote, a young adult court politics fantasy, and discussing why it didn't work / how it could have been improved. ↡ line editing videos i've made about this book ↡

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0:00 intro
0:43 why this book failed
2:58 c word romance kinda
4:35 the logline
5:50 what was i TRYING to write
9:53 court politics fantasy road trip mystery
11:55 unbalanced ensemble cast
14:50 zuko wannabe and internal conflict
18:03 main character energy but no substance
20:27 knight character
21:17 boring prose
24:47 abolish the monarchy + rethinking character arcs
30:49 adult vs young adult
32:27 conclusion

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