Michael Arndt & Michael Lesslie Discuss Writing The Next Chapter Of The Suzanne Collins Novel Series – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Part 2)
Extending The Franchise – Interlocking Stories The first trio The Hunger Games novels – The Hunger Games, Mockingjay, and Catching Fire were written in relatively quick succession from 2008 – 2010. The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes was written in 2020 and ironically set 64 years before the first novel. In order to preserve and […]
Michael Arndt & Michael Lesslie Discuss Writing The Next Chapter Of The Suzanne Collins Novel Series – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Part 1)
“I’m pretty much a structure obsessive, but if anyone’s more obsessed with the story structure than me, it would be Suzanne Collins who wrote the novels,” says screenwriter Michael Arndt. “She breaks everything down into thirds. Most books are 27 chapters long each with three components. She’s working within the context of a story for […]
