Are you a fan of the the international bestselling YA novel Matched, and its equally cool author Ally Condie? Ally joins Nathan, James, and Jeff to discuss things like how Matched was inspired by Legos, whether or not Snape was a good Villain, if character or plot is more important, and which Wordplay host knows who Jughead Jones is.

If that doesn’t hook you, we also discuss how to create good protagonists and antagonists, whether certain books are more plot or character driven, where Ally’s new novel, Crossed, is set, and whether she plans on having more fart jokes now that she has added a male narrator.

Finally, for those last few holdouts, find out how you can win a signed copy of Matched. And as a special bonus for staying until the very end of the podcast listen to one of the Wordplay hosts sing, then vote on whether that should be at the end of every Wordplay Podcast.

Don’t forget to tweet to enter our signed Match contest and remember you can ask us questions for future podcasts by leaving a comment or e-mailing us at contact@wordplaypodcast.com.

Next week, literary agent Michael Bourret of  DGLM joins us to discuss whether or not the publisher sky is really falling.

Rules for winning a signed copy of Matched.

You must tweet a link to this week’s podcast.
You must include the hash tag #wordplaypodcast (or we won’t be able to track your entry)
One entry will be chosen at random Sunday, Sep 11th at 6:00 PM PST, and notified by Twitter

Music for this podcast is from Bring Me a Match by Pleasure Kills provided under a creative commons license.

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