In 2018, I saw a woman in Barnes & Noble. She picked up a novel, read a few pages, and put it back. She did this with three more books before finding one she liked. This moment made me realize how crucial the first chapter is. Chapters have a long history. They started around 400 […]
I once sat at my desk for three hours, staring at a cursor. Not a word was written. D.H. Lawrence said the pain of not writing was worse than writing itself. That night, I felt the same way. The blank screen was like a wall, and my ideas were on the other side. The next […]
I sat at my kitchen table three years ago, staring at a blank screen. I had a story inside me but didn’t know where to start. Stephen King said the scariest moment is before you start. He was right. That night, I closed my laptop and walked away. A few weeks later, I read “On […]
