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If your protagonist gets what they want too easily, you’re not telling a story. You’re handing out participation trophies.


Feedback is not about validation—it’s about calibration. The right feedback shows you what’s working, what’s not, and what to do next.


All the feeling in the world won’t help you if you haven’t learned to write a scene. Heart without craft is noise.


“Let’s just forget the past and move on.” Rewrite this with emotional depth or resistance.


Characters without contradictions are boring. If they don’t struggle with their own values, decisions, or desires, they’re not a person—they’re a cardboard cutout.


If your story could be told the same way to a stranger, a friend, and your kid… it’s not a real story. It’s a performance.


What is currently your biggest challenge in your writing?


The more you front-load exposition, the faster readers front-load your book onto their abandoned list.


Dialogue tags can show character traits—but only if you’re consistent. If your shy character suddenly 'declares,' you’ve broken your own rules.


I straighten my shoulders, even though my hands won’t stop shaking. Rewrite this in third person.


A great Performance story ends with the audience holding their breath—not because they wonder who’ll win, but because they care who’ll *try*.


If you were an agent, would you pick the author with clear market research and a built-in audience—or the one with "a dream"?


Antagonism is not optional. It's the beating heart of your story. Without it, your plot is just a scenic drive with no destination.


Writing a novel without first mastering the fundamentals is like building a house before learning how to use a hammer. You’ll end up with a disaster, not a home.


She bites her lip and doesn’t speak. Rewrite this in second person.


Your protagonist’s clothes don’t matter unless they tell us something about them. ‘He wore a jacket’ = boring. ‘He tugged his father’s old army jacket tighter’ = story.


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