If you haven't read about the Story First method, or heard me talking about it, this is a little exercise that you can do on your book that helps you understand your book more! Today, answer these three questions: 1. What does your reader or character believe at the beginning? 2. What challenges that belief? 3. What do they understand by the end? That movement is your story’s transformation. It doesn’t have to be perfect yet. Just start tracing the path. Drop your answers below if you want feedback.

If your writing life had weather right now, what would it be? ☀️ Clear and moving 🌧️ Heavy and slow 🌫️ Foggy and uncertain 🌪️ Chaotic but alive ❄️ Frozen and waiting Drop your weather below.👇 Then tell us one thing you need to move forward.

Let's figure out where you are at and I'll give you some suggestions on what to focus on next. Answer the question with the one that you feel is where you're at. If none of them fit, write your answer in the comments. Which one feels most like you right now? I’ll respond with what I’d focus on next.

When we look at the writers that don't finish their books: It’s not because they’re lazy. It’s not because they don’t care. It’s because they’re trying to build a story without knowing what it’s actually doing. So they: 📖 write 😵‍💫stop 😅 restart 😩 repeat And months go by. The writers who finish? They don’t guess. They build with structure. If you’re tired of going in circles, comment BOOK and let’s discuss your next step.

It’s usually when a writer gets into the gunk of writing, or the messy middle that they throw in the towel. Or during the editing process. So most writers quit when they’re actually: Closer than they’ve ever been. But it feels messy. Unclear. Incomplete. That’s not failure. That’s the process. 👉 What feels messy right now?