WIP Wednesday: Oscillation Edition

Over the weekend, I received a rejection for Rock Gods & Scary Monsters that kind of inspired me. I've been kicking around a new YA idea (well, vamping some of my old ideas into something new, anyway), and said rejecting agent suggested he/she might be interested in seeing my next "thing".

But my problem: plot development...namely development of subplots.

This, I believe, is where short story writing hurts. My longer work is too focused (at least too focused to be commercial, I guess). My WIP i...