Your world-building might be brilliant — but if readers can’t find their footing, they’ll put your book down and never pick it up again. Today our virtual hosts* explore why complex stories hook us, and simple techniques that keeps readers turning pages even when they don’t yet understand the world they’re standing in.

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In this week’s episode, our hosts1 discuss a magical sentence to help you get your story back on track if you’re stalling or your manuscript is collapsing on itself somewhere at the end of Act II or the start of Act III.

This week’s exercise:

* Review your favorite books to see if you can distill the entire book down to this one magical sentence.

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In the innaugural episode our hosts look at the individual writing process and ask, “What kind of writer are you?”

This week's recommended book on storycraft:

On Writing, Stephen King

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