Writer Unleashed

Getting results in our writing is great. But a result-oriented mindset can hinder creativity and authenticity.
In this episode, you'll learn how to evaluate your work based on 2 important qualities: presence and truth.
This is all about your emotional connection and belief in your story. It's a more transformational approach that values the ongoing journey, and the evolving relationship with your work.
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If I were to ask you what is your story’s central idea, could you sum it up in a few sentences?

A big challenge many writers face is keeping their story focused on one single driving point, let alone articulate it.

When there’s no central focal point, readers get lost, confused, frustrated and bored. They stop reading.

In today’s episode, I’ll give you 5 quick questions to help you get clear and focused on the central idea driving your story. The focal point from which all your story's events revolve.

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How do you write beyond the stock, archetypical villain? ? How do you make him or her believable and intriguing?
How do you surprise us?

In this episode, I'm sharing 3 ways to make your villain multi-dimensional and complex, even if he or she's downright evil. You'll learn how to write a villain who fascinates.
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For many writers, first-person narration comes naturally. And for memoir writers, it's the only choice.
First-person has some advantages over third person.
But it comes with unique challenges.
In this episode, we'll cover the pros of first-person, 5 common challenges, and how to overcome them. So you can capture the full range available to you with first-person.
We'll cover how to:

• Create a strong, distinct character voice that sustains your story;
• Avoid the overuse of I; I saw, I heard, I smelled, I tasted, etc.
• Go beyond the limitations of your first-person perspective;
• Describe your first-person's appearance or home without being awkward, and;
• Get out of your character's head and into the world of the real.

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How do you build character into the structure of your story? What's the story beneath the plot?
Structure alone won't create the energy and momentum a story thrives on. There's the story underneath driving the plot, and that's all about character.

In this episode, I'll reveal 3 secrets about your character that will help you build momentum right into the structure of your story.
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