What if the thing your protagonist believes most is completely wrong? That single mistake might be the twist your novel needs.

Before you cut scenes from Act Two, test whether your midpoint is doing its job.

Whether you see this as resistance or low sense of self, writing anxiety can prevent you from finishing that wonderful story that only you can tell best.

As writers, we want to hook our readers and keep them coming back to our books. Being aware of why the blip steals the BANG’s thunder can help.

By visualising how story steps expand and contract, we can embody the pattern of tension to inform the way we tell the stories that want to be told through us.