## The Dialogue Dilemma We All Face You know that feeling when you're writing a conversation between your characters and it just sounds... off? Maybe it's too formal, too expository, or reads like a script from an educational video circa 1987. You de...
## Why the Middle of Your Story Feels Like Quicksand You know that feeling, right? You've started your story with enthusiasm, introduced fascinating characters, and set up an intriguing situation. Then around page 50 (or chapter 5, or that dreaded Ac...
## The Unexpected Solution to Your Pacing Problems You know that sinking feeling when you're reading through your draft and realize your story drags in all the wrong places? Or worse, when it races past the moments that should land with emotional wei...
## When Story Structure Feels Like a Straitjacket You know that feeling, right? You're staring at your screen or notebook, armed with all the story structure wisdom the internet has to offer—three-act structures, hero's journeys, save-the-cat beat ...
## Why Your Dialogue Feels Like a Shouting Match (And How to Fix It) Have you ever noticed how much of our fiction sounds like everyone's perpetually arguing? Character A wants something, Character B blocks them, they verbally spar, someone "wins"—...
## The Problem Every Writer Knows Too Well You've got notebooks full of brilliant story ideas. Your mind races with plots, characters, and that perfect opening line. You start strong, fingers flying across the keyboard for the first few days or even ...
## Introduction: When Comedy Meets Storytelling You know what bugs me about plot holes? Everything. They're like finding a hair in your soup – once you see it, you can't unsee it, and the whole experience is ruined. Jerry Seinfeld famously used a s...
## The Freedom to Write Badly (So You Can Fix It Later) You're halfway through your story when you suddenly realize the pacing is all wrong. That thrilling chase scene? It drags. The emotional revelation that should hit like a freight train? It limps...
## The Writer's Mind Game: Using Story Structure to Silence Your Inner Critic You know that voice, don't you? The one that whispers (or sometimes shouts) that your writing is terrible, that you should give up, that you'll never be good enough? Every ...
## Why Story Structure Doesn't Have to Feel Like Rocket Science Let's be honest: the moment someone mentions "story structure," half of us want to run screaming into the hills. Three-act structures, hero's journeys, save-the-cat beat sheets—it's en...