Story Details: What to Leave In, What to Leave Out

Story Details: What to Leave In, What to Leave Out

Details are the lifeblood of your story. And writing is all about the selection of those details. But how do you decide which details matter? How do you avoid dumping too much onto your reader? Well, selecting details is easier than you think. Because you already know...
4 Tips to Writing a Page Turner

4 Tips to Writing a Page Turner

What makes your story a page turner? What makes it so irresistible readers devour every page? In today’s episode, we’ll break down 4 tips to  writing a page turner. Techniques that go beyond and beneath common structures like the Hero’s Journey, Save...
How to Write Spellbinding Scenes

How to Write Spellbinding Scenes

Stories are a series of scenes strung together like beads on a necklace. Scenes are the building blocks of your story. Each scene is a structured, self-contained unit of story time. So how do you create scenes that draw us in every time? That make it hard for us to...
5 Elements of a Riveting First  Scene

5 Elements of a Riveting First Scene

How do you write a riveting first scene? How do you keep readers leaning in, eager to learn what might happen next. Your first scene is crucial. It’s what sets your story in motion. So you want to craft this scene with intention. In this episode, we’ll break...
Writing Advice Holding You Back

Writing Advice Holding You Back

There’s no one-size fits all way to write. Still, there’s no shortage of advice on how to do it. And some of the most common writing advice may be holding you back. It can derail you for months, maybe years. Advice about things like reaching a certain word count per...
Writing Inspiration From the Masters

Writing Inspiration From the Masters

Writing is solitary. And if you’re anything like me, you like to dip into some writing inspiration from time to time for a creative boost or deeper insight into the craft.  So much of our progress comes from how we feel about our work. So today, I’m going...

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