What is so Exciting About the Inciting Incident?

I’ve got about a dozen unfinished stories. When I look back to see why I gave up on the story (sometimes mid-sentence), I discovered most of them died out around chapter three. I was shocked. What was so hard about chapter three? Why would I give up so easily? As I read through the first […]
How to Use ChatGPT (the Write Way)

Writing a novel with ChatGPT is exhausting. I should know, for I just spent the last few months doing so. But that’s for another blog post. Today, I want to talk about how people are using ChatGPT the wrong way. If you ask ChatGPT to write you a novel, it will likely say something along […]
How Save the Cat Saved My Novel by Marianne Hering

Save the Cat Saves Your Novel–in more than one way!