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2026
Aug 30, 2026
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7 min read
What the bestseller lists actually measure—plus a new Sentence Study focused on voice
Aug 16, 2026
4 min read
Plus the book your writing group should be reading instead of The Artist's Way
book review
Aug 15, 2026
The book your writing group should read instead of The Artist's Way
Aug 2, 2026
5 min read
What would you give yourself permission to do on opposite day?
Jul 19, 2026
2 min read
Help me shape the content of the newsletter over the next few months!
Jul 5, 2026
3 min read
Yes, I know it just arrived...
story structure
Jul 4, 2026
10 min read
How Layne Fargo uses chapter endings to control a novel's intensity
Jun 21, 2026
The magic of an unexpected breakthrough, plus a structural analysis of Freida McFadden's The Intruder
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Jun 14, 2026
8 min read
McFadden builds her bestsellers around a single surprise twist. What does it take to pull one off—and what does it cost?
The Intruder
Jun 9, 2026
1 min read
It's graph time!
