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May 18, 2020
4 min

Not Going for the Easy Drama

Jim and Jan are in the parking lot. They’re both lonely. They’re both sad. They’re both frustrated and fed up with their circumstances.

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Gina Denny

Nov 30, 2016
6 min

Rory Gilmore: A Character Study

Rory Gilmore was always awful. She’s the character we should hate to love.

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Gina Denny

Dec 18, 2015
3 min

On Star Wars and Killing Your Darlings

So kill your darlings. Kill them dead and don’t look back. Don’t be George Lucas.

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Gina Denny

Oct 23, 2014
4 min

Quidditch is a Metaphor

Why include the sport if you hate writing it? Must be some other reason for it to exist…

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On Disappointing Endings and Who Owns the Creation

Gina Denny

Apr 2, 2014
3 min

On Disappointing Endings and Who Owns the Creation

Until that book is published, until the tv show airs, until the movie premiers, that story belongs to the creator.

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Gina Denny

Feb 27, 2014
3 min

Leave it Out

Sometimes you need to skip over the “important” parts. Sometimes that’s what serves the story best.

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Storytelling Tips from "Melissa and Joey"

Gina Denny

Nov 18, 2013
3 min

Storytelling Tips from "Melissa and Joey"

We all know books that have been a huge success but have been riddled with problems, things that make most authors tear their hair out.

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Nicholas Sparks, Sexism in Publishing, and Love Tragedies

Gina Denny

Oct 10, 2013
4 min

Nicholas Sparks, Sexism in Publishing, and Love Tragedies

Here are the problems with this situation and how Sparks is a contributing factor:

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Gina Denny

Apr 18, 2012
6 min

Why You’re Wrong About YA

First of all, YA isn’t a genre. It’s a category. Within the YA category, every genre conceivable exists, just as it does in Adult fiction.

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