How “The Hunger Games” hooks readers: Bringing a premise to life

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How author Suzanne Collins creates a compelling high-concept premise in the opening chapter of The Hunger Games, how she brings that premise to life through character, world-building, and language, and how that premise conquered the literary world. Read the transcript on Medium.

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