Runaway 📖

Runaway

Stine, R L; Schmidt, Bill
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young adult supernatural thriller past tense third limited POV ~107 pp

Vibe

tense paranoid angsty

A propulsive and dark young adult. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 55
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count26,743
Page count~107 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited