A common source of panic among writers is Book Two of a series. Suddenly it’s bloated way past expected word count. Perhaps you began the project imagining a trilogy, but now realize that the finale requires more room then you budgeted? Almost everybody has this sort of structural drift because planning a series feel like […]

Nothing feels worse in literature than when, as you’re about to land your story, it deflates into a popped balloon. You lay the breadcrumbs, create the characters, and invest time. You get yourself all worked up, and then BOOM, you runs out of pages. The climax ends up arriving too soon or fizzling out without […]

The middle section of your manuscript isn’t coming together for you. You loved writing the beginning. It’s really strong. But somewhere around page 100, the story tend to lag, slowing down the read. The problem isn’t a lack of creativity. The problem is structure. Most likely, you’re spreading out your strongest stuff over entire novel. […]

Maybe you’ve seen a book’s blurb and thought it was trying too hard. There is a lot of adjectives, and a little too much description for the premise. You’re left unsure what genre it even is. It is more than you might imagine. Weeks go into copy from authors. They bury their hook behind jargon […]