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A Writer’s Guide to Harry Potter
Unauthorized
Updated & Expanded
S. P. Sipal
Deep River Press, Inc.
Sanford, North Carolina
A Writer ’s Guide to Harry Potter
ISBN 978-1945561009
Library of Congress Control Number 2016946412
Published by Deep River Press, Inc. July 2016
Copyright S.P. Sipal
All rights reserved. No portion of the contents of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any
means without the written permission of the publisher unless otherwise noted.
Reasonable efforts have been made to assure the information in this book is reliable and complete.
No representations or warranties are made for the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this
book. Any responsibility for errors or omissions is disclaimed by the author.
Neither the author nor the publisher are affiliated with J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, or Bloomsbury.
This guide is a literary analysis and does not imply any recommendation by or affiliation with the
Harry Potter franchise.
References to the registered trademarks of Twitter, Facebook, Google, Tumblr, Pinterest, Snapchat,
Mugglenet, The Leaky Cauldron, and Pottermore are not meant to imply an affiliation or
recommendation.
ILLUSTRATIONS by Kayla Laine Perkinson
COVER DESIGN by Greg Schultz
Dedication
To Lisa London,
without whose belief and encouragement this new edition would never have
happened.
and
In Memory of:
Lydia Ondrusek, sister elf and friend,
who started me on this journey, but boarded at King's Cross before its completion.
Contents
Introduction
Lesson One
More Emotional Range than a Teaspoon
(Characterization)
Lesson Two
Freeing Your Prisoner of Azkaban
(Voice & Reader Fulfillment)
Lesson Three
Flying High Above the Quidditch Pitch
(High Concept)
Lesson Four
Return to the Dursleys
(Establishing and Breaking Story Patterns)
Lesson Five
The Dark Lord is in the Detail
(Worldbuilding)
Lesson Six
Revealing Wormtail
(Dropping Clues, Hiding Secrets)
Lesson Seven
Put a Fidelius Charm On Your Godric’s Hollow
(Backstory)
Lesson Eight
Pulling the Sword Out of the Hat
(Mythic Structure, Archetypes, & Themes)
Lesson Nine
His Royal Snivellus
(Antiheroes and Ambiguity)
Lesson Ten
Of Grindelwald and Hitler
(Real World Relevance)
Lesson Eleven
Tossing Snowballs at Quirrell
(Writing with Humor)
Lesson Twelve
Catch Your Snitch!
(Writing with Pleasure)
Lesson Thirteen
Draco Loves Hermione! At Least in Fan Fiction
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