People who've been in my coaching sessions and classes, does this ring true for you?

I've been thinking about what I want to do here, for the writer's who show up and trust me with their time and talent.

I think it's mainly this. I want to share my hard-won experience because most writers get stuck over and over in the same loop:

They have an idea they love, they write it, it doesn't quite work and they don't know why.

So... they get stuck in this cycle:

rewrite → get random notes → rewrite again → hope this one works. And when it doesn't, they have no idea why and either quit writing or jump into the next project, none-the-wiser.

What we’re doing here is different.

The goal isn’t more drafts — I'm trying to teach you to see how great characters are built from frame 1, and how their internal needs and desires drive story, so they don't come across as checkers the writer's just pushing around the board.

Great characters are caught between their internal life and the story that comes along to either kill them or heal them.

Once, you understand this idea, you understand why scenes no longer work. Why act two "drags." Or why there isn't enough "conflict" in your script.

And you learn to really write from your own voice, rather that blindly relying on formulas to save the cat or go on yet another heroes journey nobody gives a damn about.

If you’ve been around for a bit:

What changed for you started using the tools taught here and you stopped writing blindly?

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