Writer Unleashed
Writer Unleashed
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295. Your First Chapter: 3 Things That Lose the Reader
You've revised your first chapter so many times you could recite it, and it still isn't pulling a reader in. After years of reading first chapters, here's what I've learned: when one works, it's rarely because of the prose. It's because of what...
294. Mid-Draft Slump? How to Move Your Story Forward
You've written the scenes. Your characters are doing things. So why does the middle of your story still feel like quicksand? If your first instinct is to add more, hold that thought. In this episode, I share what actually creates momentum in th...
293. What Trusting Your Story (and Yourself) Looks Like
You’ve read the craft books, tried the frameworks, written hundreds of pages, and you still can’t quite see what your story needs.In this episode, I’m talking about what changes when your story finally starts to come into focus, when you...
292. The Gap Every First-Time Writer Needs to Cross
You can Google anything about writing. Ask AI. Read every craft book on the shelf. And still sit down to your own pages and feel exactly as stuck as before.It's not a lack of talent. Or motivation. It's the gap between having a story you...