Category: novel writing

Why You Shouldn’t Switch Genres Mid-Novel Imagine sitting down to watch a horror movie. The lights go down. The tension builds. The story pulls you in. Then halfway through… the characters suddenly start singing. The horror movie has become a musical. You’d be confused. Probably annoyed. Maybe you’d even walk out of the theater. That’s…

Why Most Stories Fall Apart in the Middle (And How to Fix Yours) Someone eventually says it. Maybe a friend. Maybe a beta reader. “I loved the beginning… but you lost me halfway.” Every writer hears this at some point. The frustrating part? The opening worked. The ending might even be good. But somewhere in…