I have explored the structure of the first three Hunger Games novels, the Katniss Everdeen trilogy, and it’s worth a quick review of the approaches I found most helpful before we make the deep dive into Sunrise on the Reaping, the second prequel novel.

First the only thing Collins has said about structure in her few interviews was this:

This is standard three act drama language:

Inserting Mockingjay’s plot points into this structure, we find a neat fit: [Read more…]