Hi Reader,

You’re pretty savvy about story structure. You know your Story Grid, your Save the Cat!, your Hero’s Journey. You’ve probably analyzed your story six ways to Sunday, and you’ve got the spreadsheets and outlines and diagrams and graphs to prove it.

And all that analysis has leveled up your story significantly. You’ve solved major structural problems by applying your extensive knowledge of story theory.

But I bet there are still some issues nagging at you. Issues that you still can’t crack, no matter how many times you map every act and arc in your story on a spreadsheet.

In fact, if you’re still spreadsheeting your story by this point, you’re probably starting to spin out a little. You’ve analyzed and analyzed and analyzed again, and now all that story structure that was supposed to make revising your story clear and straightforward has turned against you, leaving you overwhelmed and lost.

What if you could break through all that overwhelm and find your footing in your story again?

What if you could snap out of analysis paralysis and reconnect with your characters and the inspiration that compelled you to write in the first place?

And what if you could do all of that by asking just one deceptively simple question?

You can, I promise.

And in today’s brand-new episode of Your Next Draft, I’ll show you how.

You’ll learn:

• The one question I ask my clients when they’re spinning out in story analysis (it’s ridiculously simple)
• Why this question reveals SO much
• How to recognize when you’re stuck and this question is exactly what you need
• 6 follow-up questions for when this one question isn’t enough

​Read or listen to Ask This Question When You’re Overwhelmed by Your Story »​

Story theory is incredibly important and can take you and your story so far.

But when it stops leading you to answers and starts leaving you stuck, set it all aside and turn to this question instead.

​Read or listen now »​

Happy editing,

Alice
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