Writer Unleashed
Writer Unleashed
Latest Episodes
297. Why Your Story Feels Stuck (And 3 Questions to Get Moving Again)
When your story feels stuck, it's tempting to keep adding things: another scene, more backstory, a new subplot. But often the answer isn't to add more. It's to reconnect with why you're writing this story in the first place. In this...
296. What Your Plot Can't Do Without
Most writers can describe their plot in detail: what happens, in what order, how it ends. Far fewer can describe what their character actually gains, loses, or finally understands by the time the story's over.In this episode, I walk thro...
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...