Something fresh 😮. Something new 😊.

A way of seeing stories that you haven’t seen before. It’s about reaching beyond action scenes and character seams…even beyond the beams of plot and theme.

If you’re tired of writing ream after ream only to have nothing that breathes, Lose Your Words is the book for you.

How does that seem?

What is this book about? Fair question.

Let’s dispense with the emoji for a second and have some realtalk. It’s bold to claim there’s a new writing method in the 21st century. So what’s up?

Here’s the deal: I was sick of hearing writing advice that fell apart at the slightest nudge. I was tired of trying to squash my story into someone else’s structure, or follow a formula that promised to make everything just work.

What about stories that don’t fit the mold? What about books that break the rules and get away with it? Isn’t art about creative expression, anyway?

The problem with those theories is that they’re giving you the tip, not the iceberg. They talk about tools and tricks, but they never drill down to the root cause.

They can’t answer questions like:

• Why do we enjoy stories?
• What makes someone keep reading?
• What value is there in all these pretty lies?

Eventually I realized the problem: no one was going deep enough. They could only tell you how to copy what made some other book successful; they couldn’t tell you why it worked.

The real question, the one at the very core of storytelling, is this: Why do people read stories?

That may sound simple, but it’s also profound. If we can answer the question of why, we know exactly what a story needs in order to be gripping, heartbreaking, or cathartic.

The “why” is the key to everything.

Lose Your Words answers the question of why. But it goes even farther than that.

Because pure answers can be a little too abstract. We’re not philosophers here. We’re writers.

So it uses lots of examples and illustrations to explain:

• What makes a good action scene
• How to write dialogue that sparks and burns
• The key to worldbuilding
• How to ace plot, character, and theme
• How to be funny

Because it turns out, all of those questions have a natural answer that fits perfectly, if you first understand the why.

And beyond that, it’s laced with advice for life. Because stories aren’t just about the places we escape to. They’re about the people we become.

Want to know more? Check out this quick explainer I made that goes over the basics of the book and gives you a taste of what you’re going to learn.

Plenty of writing books talk about plot and characters. So what makes this one special?

Because it take a bottom-up approach. Rather than giving you a checklist of things to do, it will uncover the reasons behind it all.

Remember the old saying, “Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day”?

Yeah, it’s like that.

Lose Your Words doesn’t give you tips and tricks. It doesn’t give you fish. It gives you a foundational understanding of why.

• Why to Show instead of Tell
• Why start your scenes in media res
• Why good dialogue uses layers of subtext
• What makes a plot twist really work
• What good worldbuilding actually does

Equipped with this knowledge, you’ll be able to conquer any writing challenge—the ones you know about and the ones you’re yet to face.

Becoming the writer you’re meant to be isn’t about memorizing formulas. It’s not about repeating clichés or copy/pasting the same story as the most popular books of today.

It’s about understanding at a soul-deep level why stories speak to us in the first place, and what you can do to foster that connection.

Ready to learn how to fish?

We never stop learning as writers, and now’s your chance to take the next step. Level up your game and learn how to write books that fill your readers with fear, anguish, hope, and joy.

In other words, the books they will never forget.

Are you ready?