Writing Compelling Fiction

Writing Compelling Fiction The channel for writers who want to unlock the secrets of writing better fiction.

10/08/2026

I’m back from a last-minute trip to San Diego! It was amazing weather and an exquisite location for filming an origin story for a CEO. We stayed in the absolute coolest hotel in the Gaslamp District. The Horton Grande was built in the 1880s and had all kinds of little historical vignettes throughout the building, including a life-size papier-mâché horse with a mane created from the horses that pulled the firetrucks back in the day.

I got to run along the water and do those huge stairs that take you from the street to the waterfront (and my calves are still sore!) and catch an incredible sunset.

Have you ever been to San Diego? It really is my favorite city in America that I have seen so far.

29/07/2026

I got so many rejections when I first started writing, I literally have a banker's box full of them in the closet. Book after book after book after book. But I kept going, kept learning, and finally realized how to write a compelling novel.

A big part of success is perseverance because if you quit, you can never succeed. It's hard to keep going, sometimes really, really tough because rejection is so disheartening. But keep going. The world needs to read your stories.

27/07/2026

If you want a career as a writer, you have to think like a businessperson. Because this is a business to everyone who invests in your book. Yes, it's your creation, a part of your heart, but you need to be able to target your market in order for that market to find you and read your amazing story.

Check out the full video on my channel (link in bio).

25/07/2026

It was really cool to run into Richard Drummer in the wild and hear that he took my recent class with Outliers Writing University! I’ve tagged them here so be sure to check out the classes, the great community, and so much more! D. P. Lyle Kathie Antrim

24/07/2026

Your first pages are a promise to the reader that you have to deliver on. It's hard--not going to say it's easy to write a great novel from beginning to end. But if you can come close to that promise, the reader will stay with you and buy your next book.

Check out my channel (link in bio) for in-depth writing craft videos and much more!

23/07/2026

This is an easy way to help the reader see another side of your Character. Good or bad, a mirror Character can show your main Characters what life could be like (or not like) and also gives them a perspective on themselves. Have you read a book with a good mirror Character? What did that bring to the story?

22/07/2026

A quick and easy way to SHOW your Character's growth instead of telling it. Full video at link in bio (along with dissections of Scenes to show you exactly how to put one together!).

Want readers who can't put your book down? Don't just escalate — build a roller coaster. 🎢"Maybe he's fine." → "Oh god, ...
21/07/2026

Want readers who can't put your book down? Don't just escalate — build a roller coaster. 🎢

"Maybe he's fine." → "Oh god, he's gone." → "Wait… we'll find him."

Hope, despair, hope again — that ride is the addiction. Watch the full video on my YouTube channel to see exactly how to do it.

It took me 10 books in 8 years to learn how to write a book readers loved. Now I'm teaching you on my channel. Check out the link in my bio for more.

Her child goes missing in a crowd… and her husband is still texting about tacos. This That's not a mistake — that's gen...
21/07/2026

Her child goes missing in a crowd… and her husband is still texting about tacos. This

That's not a mistake — that's genius. In Jennifer Hillier's Little Secrets, the ordinary world keeps moving even as everything falls apart. The laundry still beeps. The phone still buzzes.

That's what makes a fictional world feel three-dimensional: it doesn't pause for your character's crisis. Full breakdown on my channel.

250 rejections before I sold a single book. 📚"The characters are flat." "I didn't connect." "Not for us." I heard it all...
20/07/2026

250 rejections before I sold a single book. 📚

"The characters are flat." "I didn't connect." "Not for us." I heard it all — for years. I nearly quit for good (and I did throw everything out at one point because I'd had it. Writing is hard, y'all).

Then it clicked. 87 novels · 24 countries · 8 million copies later, here's what I know: rejection isn't the verdict, it's the tuition. So I'm giving back what I learned on my YouTube channel (link in bio).

If you're in the query trenches right now — stay in it. Watch the full video for how I turned it around.

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