So the lovely Hannah Heath complied a list of seven common characters in YA. So if you want to write, make your characters exciting!
This list includes:
- The character that is full of “teen angst.” Yuck
- The girl that’s pretty, but doesn’t realize it until a boy tells her so. Thanks 1D
- Character’s involved in love triangles #TeamEdward #TeamJacob
- The Chosen One There can only be Harry
- The one with horrible parents. Okay we get it.
- The “strong” female character. Not everyone can conquer the world with an eyebrow raise and strong resolve
- The brooding bad boy. Go smoke and set fires somewhere else
http://hannahheath-writer.blogspot.com/2015/05/7-cliche-characters-in-ya-fiction-that.html
I've starting seeing another cliché popping up in YA books recently and that is the protagonists loving to read. The author actually makes a good few chapters out of it, but it never seems to contribute to the story! I'm getting a little bored of it now.
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I completely agree! I would love that the main character would love reading just like me. But then I kept seeing it and now its like ookkayyyy
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