Adressing the Teen Fiction Cliché

I have no problem with cliche fiction, in fact, I feel that the thing about teen fiction is that it has to be sort of fake. Every once in a while, you get a writer who writes teen fiction and completely destroys the cliche we (or I, if no one's with me) love and brings some new insight to the table. If all teen fiction writers were realistic, then the image of teen fiction would be completely different. So I'd like to thank every fiction writer out there that has written every heart-warming, sob-worty, cliche story out there, because you are the reason I actually read.

I'm here to talk about some of the components that make up these books, because as I read more and more of these books, there's a few different outlines they follow.

So, most of these books either take place in the present or in the dystopian future. The character (who tends to be a girl in a lot of the books I read) is usually poor or middle class. They then develop into the hero of the book with the help of two people, and occasionally one person, who are in love with them. This then creates the dilemma of who she's going to choose; creating another major plot. The obstacle is always the head of authority because they rebel against their awful and unfair society. In my opinion, the reason a lot of dystopian-future-fiction writers are able create a trilogy or series of books is because of the love dilemma. Sure, the part where their being interrogated or running through military-enforced areas is always something to look forward to, but if I really don't like a book, I just skip to the end to see who they end up with.

As for books that take place in the present, and aren't supernatural or dystopian The love issue is still the same. (The main character for the books I read almost always a girl so I'm going to refer to the character as she.) There are always one or two people she's in love with and it's up to her who she chooses. There's always some trust issues, a loyal best friend, a major flaw or insecurity, and hopefully a twist to make the repetitive plot a little more interesting. 

So after writing this post, this is the conclusion I've come to: a lot of teen fiction stories are similar; but we read them anyways because there's always something that makes it stand out amond the rest. I

 may sound like a hypocrite because my title makes it seem a whole lot like I'm going to criticize teen fiction but really, I think I should be giving some credit to all the teen fiction authors who actually had the talent to make their story stand out in the bookshelves of Barnes and Noble on a paragraph located on the back cover of the book. 

Take One: Best of 2013

Take One: Best of 2013

Who doesn't love watching movies? Whether it's going to the midnight premiere of the "much-anticipated, movie of the year", renting a movie from Redbox (which is usually what I do), or popping microwave popcorn and watching that stack of movies you've been wanting to watch with your friends or family-- movies are probably the best way to pass the time, anytime.

That brings me to some of my favorite movies of 2013. These movies aren't really in a particular order, just in the order they come to mind.

1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

This is one of the movies that I put in the "long anticipated" category, but in Catching Fire's case, the movie's director and producers knew that the best way to get people to want to see the movie as much as they did was to not make it that long-anticipated movie; they started filming Catching Fire before The Hunger Games was even released! This movie portrayed the book accurately in my opinion. Of course, some details weren't included, but when it comes down to it, they fit the book into 146 minutes pretty well.

2. Now You See Me

I felt like its been so long since I've seen this movie. I really like this movie because it was really intricate and I really didn't know what was going to happen most of the time. Although this movie was fast-paced and action-packed, I don't think I would love it as much if I watched it over and over because the best part about that movie was that you didn't know what was happening. Watching it again and knowing what would happen, just wouldn't bring the same excitement.

3. Fast and Furious 6

When I watched this, I didn't think that I would like this movie. This movie was an action packed adventure that had a good amount of humor thrown into it. This movie left me at a cliffhanger, and I definitely want to see the next movie.

4. Frozen

Well, this movie exceeded the kind of low expectations I had for it. I wouldn't have seen it if it weren't for my younger brother. This movie was one of the better animation films I've seen from Disney (as well as Tangled). The characters grew on me during the movie, I have to admit. I swear, I never thought that Prince Hans was going to literally try and kill Ana (plot twist ok). It was a cute movie, and I definitely loved Olaf and how the characters developed throughout the movie


5. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

I'm having a hard time figuring out how to describe this movie. It was more like a giant picture book, with some dialogue to describe what was going on. His adventure to find the missing negative helped him to find out how he was and what he wanted to do. Turns out, what he was looking for all along was with him the entire time; both metaphorically and literally. I think this movie was really hit and miss with the audience, but I definitely enjoyed it a lot.


It's not exactly a long list; probably because I didn't really go to the movie theaters a lot last year and whatever other movies I watched were probably from a few years ago. But there you have it! Hope you enjoyed this!

♡ Stephanie

A Late Introduction

Blogging is not my strong point, but it's basically my homework now. Just a little about me as of the moment: I'm going to high school next year, and I'm currently experiencing moments where I either can't wait for high school, or I'm really, sort of, stressed about it. I have no idea why I am; maybe just the word high school scares me a little. I have an on-off obsession for writing unoriginal fiction stories, and I'm currently trying to learn how to photograph a decent picture. Everything you see on here is a "work in progress", and in a way, it'll always be a work in progress. I couldn't choose one thing to blog about, so my blog will be about everything (but probably not all at once). I'm going to blog about things I like, and keep it as happy as my blog will allow.

♡ Stephanie