Living Beyond the Book

As writers and entrepreneurs, it’s easy to hit burnout. We’re driven to succeed, but that ambition doesn’t take away the fact that there’s a lot of mental, emotional, financial, and physical pressure…

Characters are the heart and soul of your story. They are who your readers identify with. They’re who we cheer for. You can have the best plot in the world, and if we don’t care about the characters,…

In this episode of the Messy Mapping mini-series, we talk about knowing your guideposts. The guideposts are simply the structural highlights of your novel. We’ll talk about a story from Brian Tracy’s…

In our continued discussion of Messy Mapping—or having a loose idea of where you want your story to go—this episode looks at conflict.

Conflict is the heart of any story, and it’s what compels us to k…

December is a time when most people relax and take time to reset, which is important. But with minimal effort, you can also keep your momentum going so you’re ready to start strong, right out of the …

If you’ve spent any amount of time in a creative industry, you hear a lot of conversations about structured vs. unstructured habits. 

 For example, with writing, we often hear the debates between: 

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