What do you do when your novel or memoir doesn’t follow the typical plot structure?

What if there’s no crime to be solved, tsunami to survive, or evil wizard to slay?

What if your character’s only story problem is an internal one?

In this episode we’ll explore 4 thresholds your character will walk through at key points throughout your 3 acts. So you can plot your character-driven story, and keep readers invested every step of the way.

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We can all agree that your opening scenes are your only chance to capture your reader's attention. It's what hooks them into the story.

Your first scene and several scenes that follow are your story's setup.

The setup is essential to master. You have to be concise, deliberate, and selective with what you reveal and withhold. You don't want to give too much away too soon.

Your beginning scenes must accomplish several things simultaneously. And in this episode, I'm boiling it down to 4 essentials.

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Our stories can become so overrun with ideas, they run away from us.

Each idea leads to another and another until you’re lost in the vortex. There are stories within stories. Endless possibilities. So many directions the story can go.

And then writing your story feels like an insurmountable task.

In this episode, I’m giving you 5 questions to explore, so you can rein your ideas in with more clarity, focus, and control.

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