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The Mommy’s Pen Podcast: S2, E5 – The Horror Genre

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This week we take a look at the HORROR genre.

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Show Notes:

Season 2, Episode 5: The Horror Genre and Coraline

We continue our exploration of genre with a little help from Neil Gaiman. Because who else can we turn to when we need a horror story for kids? Nora and Sue dive into what makes something a horror story by taking a look at Neil Gaiman’s “Coraline.” Horror for kids! What fun!

Things we mention that you should check out:

  • Our mailing list! Sign up today and you’ll get cool subscriber only perks like bonus material and artwork, including an advance copy of my forthcoming novel, The Cat, the Cash, the Leap and the List.
  • Shawn Coyne and the Story Grid. There’s a whole story grid universe: website, book and two podcasts: The Story Grid and the Story Grid Editors Roundtable.
  • The five leaf Genre Clover, or as Nora likes to call it, the Genre Flower.
  • Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

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The Mommy’s Pen Podcast: S2, E4 The Performance Genre

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This week we take a look at the Performance genre.

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Show Notes:

Season 2, Episode 4: The Performance Genre and “Spirit Riding Free”

We continue our exploration of genre with the help of the excellent kids series “Spirit Riding Free” from Netflix. The first half of the episode “Lucky and the Price of Freedom” (season 2, episode 7) is a great example of the Performance genre.

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Things we mention that you should check out:

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The Mommy’s Pen Podcast: S2, E3: The Western Genre

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This week we take a look at the Western genre.

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Show Notes:

Season 2, Episode 3: The Western Genre and “Spirit Riding Free”

We continue our exploration of genre with the help of the excellent kids series “Spirit Riding Free” from Netflix. The episode “Lucky and the Unbreakable Spirit” (season 1, episode 1) is a great example of the Western genre.

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Things we mention that you should check out:

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Editor Roundtable: True Grit

The Mommy’s Pen Podcast: S2, E2: Worldview Genre and “Spirit Riding Free”

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This week we take a look at the Worldview genre.

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Show Notes:

Season 2, Episode 2: The Worldview Genre and “Spirit Riding Free”

We start our exploration of genre with the help of the excellent kids series “Spirit Riding Free” from Netflix. The episode “Lucky and the Treacherous Trail” (season 1, episode 2) is a great example of the Worldview genre with a Maturation subgenre. (Other subgenres in the Worldview genre are: Education, Disillusionment and Revelation.)

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Season 2 begins!

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This week we kick off season two with a look at the definition of genre. It’s not as boring as it sounds.

You can also listen using any number of podcast platforms and apps including Spotify, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Radio Public, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts.

Show Notes:

Season 2, Episode 1: What is Genre and why is it important?

Genre is a fancy way of saying “this is what kind of story this is….” We explore Shawn Coyne’s definition of genre and talk about why it’s important to know what genre you’re writing in if you want readers to come away satisfied.

Read the full transcript.

Things we mention that you should check out:

  • Our mailing list! Sign up today and you’ll get cool subscriber only perks like bonus material and artwork from my forthcoming novel, The Cat, the Cash, the Leap and the List.
  • Shawn Coyne and the Story Grid. There’s a whole story grid universe: website, book and two podcasts.
  • The five leaf Genre Clover, or as Nora likes to call it, the Genre Flower.

This post was lovingly sponsored by our Patreon supporters (you can become one, too!). 

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