How to think about the middle of your autobiographical short story, and what things you need to include to keep the reader hooked. Also, a small note about libel and how to avoid getting sued by your family.

We need to know how much detail and which details to use in our writing. Cash, Crash, Jubilee by Eli K. P. William is proof.

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In this episode I'm going to share the intro to a short autobiographical story with you, and tell you what steps you need to take to write your own autobiographical intro. Why? Because I said so... also, because it's going to help you become a better storyteller (yes, even if you write fiction).

In this episode, you're going to learn how to use the five senses to give the reader the details they need, how to leave subliminal information in the tiniest of phrases, and how to write an action and reaction. Let's write this.

Why insomnia guided me to a realization my husband had been trying to help me reach all week.

You know that loneliness that happens when you're trying to learn something new and hard... and it feels like no one else knows what you're going through? Yeah, me too.

We talk about the difference between a reader who wants to impose their will on your writing, and a reader who cares, but gets confused by the things you forget to include in the text (that are already cemented inside of your head).

Have you ever wondered why thinking about writing is such a huge time-sucker for writers? Well, in this episode we talk about how writers have to work hard to make sure everything makes sense for the reader. I'm also going to share a story of when I paid hundreds of dollars to a "professional" editor who didn't really fix my manuscript.

The hard truth you need to know before you write 100,000 more words.

The story of how Story Filters was born and all of the fun things this little course will do for your writing (for FREE!).