Why Your Opening Scene Might Be Killing Your Story
Discover why most story openings fail and learn 3 proven techniques to write compelling first scenes that hook readers. Includes practical writing exercise and expert analysis from a working [...]
How to Write Compelling Scenes Using Sensory Writing Techniques
Many writers struggle with creating vivid, immersive scenes that truly engage their readers beyond just visual descriptions. In both this blog and my next subscriber-only Monday Writing [...]
Monday Motivation: Exercise with Paul Auster
Paul Auster is the author of seventeen novels, the latest of which, 4-3-2-1, was published last year and short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. I bought it back then, but took time to dive into [...]
