Dan Wells 7-point plot system, combined with Save the Cat, added the Scene-Sequel strategy, and wrapped in the 3-Act structure.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.