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Doctor Sleep: The Key to a Powerful Sequel

December 6, 2019January 10, 2020 Learning from Films, Learning from the Masters Antagonist, Books of Bayern, Character Arcs, Doctor Sleep, Fan Service, Genre, Grief, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Mary Robinette Kowal, Movies, Protagonist, PTSD, Sequel, Shannon Hale, Stakes, Stephen King, The Glamourist Histories, The Shining

Hey everyone! This is the first of a new series based on current movies. Each entry will begin with a spoiler-free review of a movie that is still in theaters, so you can decide if

Story Structure

November 15, 2019January 9, 2020 Writing 101 1st Act, 1st Pinch Point, 1st Plot Point, 2nd Act, 2nd Pinch Point, 2nd Plot Point, 3rd Act, 4th Act, 7 Plot Points, Climax, Harry Potter, Hollywood Formula, Inciting Incident, J.K. Rowling, MICE, Midpoint, Resolution, Structure, The Hunger Games, Three-Act Structure

(Photo by Wokandapix from Pixabay) If you read my last post and identified yourself as a pantser, you may think the topic of story structure doesn’t apply to you. But it does. It is what

On Plotting and Pantsing

November 8, 2019January 9, 2020 Writing 101 Dramatica Theory, Harry Potter, Hero's Journey, J.K. Rowling, Nine Box Method, Pantsing, Plotting, Plotting Methods, Snowflake Method, Stephen King, Three-Act Structure, Zero Draft

(Top photo by Pexels from Pixabay Bottom photo by snicky2290 from Pixabay) There are two kinds of people in this world… How often have you heard that? As people, we like to categorize,

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