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Mar 15

On Scene-level Microtension and the Greatest Prologue Ever Written

What Is Microtension? I’ve written about microtension with frequency. The word helps describe a simple aspect of storytelling that is crucial to a narrative but often remains in the shadows. What is it? Microtension is getting tension on every page of a story on a line-by-line basis. C.S. Lakin does an incredible job…

Writing Tips

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On Scene-level Microtension and the Greatest Prologue Ever Written
On Scene-level Microtension and the Greatest Prologue Ever Written
Writing Tips

9 min read


Mar 9

Book Coach Corner: Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar

Background: What Is Book Coach Corner? Book Coach Corner is a blog series that allows me (your neighborhood-friendly book coach) to analyze books, tv shows, and movies. I will then dissect them in terms of story structure. …

Data Driven Fiction

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Book Coach Corner: Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar
Book Coach Corner: Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar
Data Driven Fiction

5 min read


Feb 23

Turning Weaknesses into Writing Strengths

“Why is your voice so little?” I was made fun of a lot growing up for my voice. Any insult you can imagine for a boy with a feminine manner of speaking, I heard. You sound like a woman. F**got. Why do you talk like that? The list goes on and on. I was in third…

Writing

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Turning Weaknesses into Writing Strengths
Turning Weaknesses into Writing Strengths
Writing

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Feb 9

Book Coach Corner: The White Lotus (Season 2)

Background: What Is Book Coach Corner? Book Coach Corner is a blog series that allows me (your neighborhood-friendly book coach) to analyze books, tv shows, and movies. I will then dissect them in terms of story structure. …

Data Driven Fiction

8 min read

Book Coach Corner: The White Lotus (Season 2)
Book Coach Corner: The White Lotus (Season 2)
Data Driven Fiction

8 min read


Jan 19

Be a Doer, Success Can Come Quickly and Furiously

Our culture is quick to dismiss quiet, ordinary, hardworking people. In many instances, we equate ordinary with boring or, even more dangerous, ordinary has become synonymous with meaningless — Lynne Twist I got lucky in my first corporate job. It was a bizarre hybrid of a startup and a corporation…

Writing

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Be a Doer, Success Can Come Quickly and Furiously
Be a Doer, Success Can Come Quickly and Furiously
Writing

5 min read


Jan 12

Book Coach Corner: Barbarian

Background: What Is Book Coach Corner? Book Coach Corner is a blog series that allows me (your neighborhood-friendly book coach) to look at books, tv shows, and movies and dissect them in terms of story structure. …

Writing

7 min read

Book Coach Corner: Barbarian
Book Coach Corner: Barbarian
Writing

7 min read


Dec 22, 2022

2022 Writing Inspiration Round Up

I love the end of the year because it gives so many great copouts for blog topics: What I learned in 2022! My top tips in 2022! Reappropriating My Best Content Due to Laziness! All the hot topics. This year, I wanted to flag the best stories I’ve read across…

Writing

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2022 Writing Inspiration Round Up
2022 Writing Inspiration Round Up
Writing

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Dec 15, 2022

Book Coach Corner: Tár

Background: What Is Book Coach Corner? Book Coach Corner is a blog series that allows me (your neighborhood-friendly book coach) to analyze books, tv shows, and movies. I will then dissect them in terms of story structure. …

Writing Tips

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Book Coach Corner: Tár
Book Coach Corner: Tár
Writing Tips

6 min read


Nov 22, 2022

On Embracing the Revision Process and Charlotte Brontë Riding a Unicycle

I used to think my first drafts were the cat’s pajamas. (Cats’? How many are in loungewear?) I’d work and stew and hone and build and create this pile of absolute manure that I was sure was genius. Second drafts in those days were—under that framework—terrible. I’d re-encounter my work…

Writing

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On Embracing the Revision Process and Charlotte Brontë Riding a Unicycle
On Embracing the Revision Process and Charlotte Brontë Riding a Unicycle
Writing

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Nov 15, 2022

Book Coach Corner: Don’t Worry Darling

Background: What Is Book Coach Corner? Book Coach Corner is a blog series that allows me (your neighborhood-friendly book coach) to analyze books, tv shows, and movies and dissect them in terms of story structure. As a heads up: there will be spoilers, and some posts may not make sense if you haven’t seen/read the work. …

Writing

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Book Coach Corner: Don’t Worry Darling
Book Coach Corner: Don’t Worry Darling
Writing

8 min read

Tedd Hawks

Tedd Hawks

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I'm a Chicago-based writer and book coach who loves to write and help others write better.

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