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The Ultimate Plotting Tool
  • Jul 8, 2021
  • 2 min

The Ultimate Plotting Tool

Dan Wells 7-point plot system, combined with Save the Cat, added the Scene-Sequel strategy, and wrapped in the 3-Act structure.
Not Going for the Easy Drama
  • 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.
On Star Wars and Killing Your Darlings
  • 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.
Quidditch is a Metaphor
  • 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…
On Disappointing Endings and Who Owns the Creation
  • 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.
Storytelling Tips from "Melissa and Joey"
  • 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.
Nicholas Sparks, Sexism in Publishing, and Love Tragedies
  • 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:
Why You’re Wrong About YA
  • 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.

Gina Denny is a writer, homeschooler, and erstwhile music teacher who writes every week on twitter about #WomenInMusicHistory. Along with Darci Cole, she hosts the Pineapple P. Podcast, a bi-weekly podcast in which they recap How I Met Your Mother episodes and discuss writing strategies and tips found in the show. She is a contributing editor to In Omnia Paratus, an online magazine dedicated to critiquing and analyzing Gilmore Girls. Along with her popular weekly essays on parenting and education topics, she writes children's non-fiction for Kiwi Crate, the educational monthly subscription box. She also writes science fiction and fantasy for fun and lives near Phoenix, Arizona with her family. 

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