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Your characters have potential — but something underneath feels unstable. Character development in fiction is tricky.
This episode describes my exact 3-week system for building psychologically real, emotionally alive characters.
If you're deep into your manuscript and your characters still feel flat, uncertain, or like they're "missing something," you don't need more general writing advice — you need a specific, sequenced system. In this video (the final in my character development playlist), I walk through the 3-week framework from my Emotional Storytellers Intensive.
This framework results in emotional storytelling, building a stellar internal character arc, forever knowing how to handle character development for any character, and a protagonist that jumps right off the page! By the end of these 3 weeks, you'll have a psychologically complete character you can write confidently, consistently, and specifically — across drafts and revisions. This is for committed writers who want their characters to have a heartbeat. ______________________________________________________________ ❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓ It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE.
👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67
👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton
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Have you been working on your novel for months — maybe years — and it still doesn't feel right? The truth is, without help, "how to write great characters" is something most authors take years to master.
You're not alone. In this episode, I share Carrie's story. She's a published short story writer and former teacher who spent years stuck on her first novel draft. She knew the story had potential, but something essential was missing — and every attempt to fix it seemed to make things worse.
Building stronger characters and dive into emotional storytelling were both things she was interested in, but did not know how to implement.
What changed everything? A clear, sequenced framework for building characters from the inside out.
This episode is for you if:
→ You understand craft but can't get the emotional layer to land
→ You've been revising the same draft and it still feels "off"
→ You can't seem to trust what you're writing for your characters
→ You're genuinely wondering if you have what it takes to finish ______________________________________________________________
❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓
It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE.
👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67
👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton
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Your characters all sound the same. Your protagonist feels reactive. You keep losing track of small details chapter to chapter.
Sound familiar? These aren't talent problems — they're process problems. And process problems are fixable.
In this episode, I break down 3 invisible mistakes that quietly flatten your fiction characters — and the intentional shifts that fix them. This video goes deeper than "show, don't tell" — it's for writers who are in the trenches trying to write characters that actually land on the page.
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❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓
It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE.
👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67
👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton
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❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓
It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE.
👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67
👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton
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❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓
It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE.
👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67
👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton
❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓
It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE.
👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67
👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton
❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓
It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE.
👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67
👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton
❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓
It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE.
👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67
👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton
From the publisher's feed
We’ve all done it: written a scene or chapter, but when we read it back to ourselves, it sounds flat, boring, hollow, or trite.
Or we’ve given a piece of writing to beta readers, who report that it’s missing something, not resonating with them, or the real kiss of death: “It was okay.”
Why does this happen? Our stories are bright and vibrant in our minds, so why do they come out flat on the page?
The truth is, the ONLY way to hook your reader is through emotion. Not the emotions of the characters, but by evoking emotion in the reader. By giving them a truly emotional experience of your story.
And how do we do that? Through the psychology of human change.
Welcome to Six Figure Storyteller, the podcast where you’ll get tips and tricks for understanding character psychology and using emotion to hook your reader on every single page!
So grab your fuzzy slippers and your chocolate of choice, and let’s dive in!
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