6-Figure Storyteller: Write unputdownable novels; fiction writing, emotional storytelling, how to write a book, writing tips,

Liesel K. Hill, USA Today Best-Selling Author
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We’ve all done it: written a scene or chapter, but when we read it back to ourselves, it sounds flat, boring, hollow, or trite. Or we’ve given a piece of writing to beta readers, who report that it’s missing something, not resonating with them, or the real kiss of death: “It was okay.” Why does this happen? Our stories are bright and vibrant in our minds, so why do they come out flat on the page? The truth is, the ONLY way to hook your reader is through emotion. Not the emotions of the characters, but by evoking emotion in the reader. By giving them a truly emotional experience of your story. And how do we do that? Through the psychology of human change. Welcome to Six Figure Storyteller, the podcast where you’ll get tips and tricks for understanding character psychology and using emotion to hook your reader on every single page! So grab your fuzzy slippers and your chocolate of choice, and let’s dive in!

  1. 2d ago

    298: The Real Reason Your Fiction Story Feels Flat (It's Not What You Think)

    Check out The Unputdownable Fiction Code here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/tufc-enroll   My full Emotional Storyteller's Intensive course and my full Emotional Editing Blueprint course, both of which sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars on their own, are both available now inside my exclusive membership for authors, the Legendary Fiction Forge. Want a full transformational pathway for imagining, writing, editing, and publishing your stories? Join us now inside LFF. This is a monthly subscription that you can cancel anytime. Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67

  2. Jun 18

    297: 3 Things Every Fiction Author MUST Master for an Unputdownable Story

    Want to learn the step by step system for hooking your reader with every part of your story? Check out the Unputdownable Code cohort. Begins July 6th. Detail here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXWuKW_9ixKkiqPsUCB1t-uRDkDl_d7ndiaWramhUjgsoJbA/viewform?usp=header   My full Emotional Storyteller's Intensive course and my full Emotional Editing Blueprint course, both of which sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars on their own, are both available now inside my exclusive membership for authors, the Legendary Fiction Forge. Want a full transformational pathway for imagining, writing, editing, and publishing your stories? Join us now inside LFF. This is a monthly subscription that you can cancel anytime. Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67

  3. Apr 2

    296: How I Build Characters That Feel Psychologically Real (3-Week Framework)

    Your characters have potential — but something underneath feels unstable. Character development in fiction is tricky. This episode describes my exact 3-week system for building psychologically real, emotionally alive characters. If you're deep into your manuscript and your characters still feel flat, uncertain, or like they're "missing something," you don't need more general writing advice — you need a specific, sequenced system. In this video (the final in my character development playlist), I walk through the 3-week framework from my Emotional Storytellers Intensive. This framework results in emotional storytelling, building a stellar internal character arc, forever knowing how to handle character development for any character, and a protagonist that jumps right off the page! By the end of these 3 weeks, you'll have a psychologically complete character you can write confidently, consistently, and specifically — across drafts and revisions. This is for committed writers who want their characters to have a heartbeat. ______________________________________________________________ ❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓ It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE. 👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67 👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton ______________________________________________________________   My full Emotional Storyteller's Intensive course and my full Emotional Editing Blueprint course, both of which sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars on their own, are both available now inside my exclusive membership for authors, the Legendary Fiction Forge. Want a full transformational pathway for imagining, writing, editing, and publishing your stories? Join us now inside LFF. This is a monthly subscription that you can cancel anytime. Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67

  4. Mar 26

    295: She Spent Years Stuck on Her Novel — Here's What Finally Unlocked It

    Have you been working on your novel for months — maybe years — and it still doesn't feel right? The truth is, without help, "how to write great characters" is something most authors take years to master. You're not alone. In this episode, I share Carrie's story. She's a published short story writer and former teacher who spent years stuck on her first novel draft. She knew the story had potential, but something essential was missing — and every attempt to fix it seemed to make things worse. Building stronger characters and dive into emotional storytelling were both things she was interested in, but did not know how to implement. What changed everything? A clear, sequenced framework for building characters from the inside out. This episode is for you if: → You understand craft but can't get the emotional layer to land → You've been revising the same draft and it still feels "off" → You can't seem to trust what you're writing for your characters → You're genuinely wondering if you have what it takes to finish ______________________________________________________________ ❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓ It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE. 👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67 👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton ______________________________________________________________ My full Emotional Storyteller's Intensive course and my full Emotional Editing Blueprint course, both of which sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars on their own, are both available now inside my exclusive membership for authors, the Legendary Fiction Forge. Want a full transformational pathway for imagining, writing, editing, and publishing your stories? Join us now inside LFF. This is a monthly subscription that you can cancel anytime. Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67

  5. Mar 19

    294: 3 Mistakes That Are Secretly Flattening Your Fiction Characters

    Your characters all sound the same. Your protagonist feels reactive. You keep losing track of small details chapter to chapter. Sound familiar? These aren't talent problems — they're process problems. And process problems are fixable. In this episode, I break down 3 invisible mistakes that quietly flatten your fiction characters — and the intentional shifts that fix them. This video goes deeper than "show, don't tell" — it's for writers who are in the trenches trying to write characters that actually land on the page. ______________________________________________________________ ❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓ It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE. 👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67 👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton ______________________________________________________________ My full Emotional Storyteller's Intensive course and my full Emotional Editing Blueprint course, both of which sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars on their own, are both available now inside my exclusive membership for authors, the Legendary Fiction Forge. Want a full transformational pathway for imagining, writing, editing, and publishing your stories? Join us now inside LFF. This is a monthly subscription that you can cancel anytime. Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67

  6. Mar 12

    293: Why Your Protagonist Still Feels Flat (It's Not a Flaw Problem)

    ❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓ It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE. 👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67 👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton ______________________________________________________________ My full Emotional Storyteller's Intensive course and my full Emotional Editing Blueprint course, both of which sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars on their own, are both available now inside my exclusive membership for authors, the Legendary Fiction Forge. Want a full transformational pathway for imagining, writing, editing, and publishing your stories? Join us now inside LFF. This is a monthly subscription that you can cancel anytime. Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67

  7. Mar 5

    292: The 3 Missing Pieces That Make Fictional Characters Feel Real

    ❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓ It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE. 👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67 👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton   My full Emotional Storyteller's Intensive course and my full Emotional Editing Blueprint course, both of which sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars on their own, are both available now inside my exclusive membership for authors, the Legendary Fiction Forge. Want a full transformational pathway for imagining, writing, editing, and publishing your stories? Join us now inside LFF. This is a monthly subscription that you can cancel anytime. Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67

  8. Feb 26

    291: My Full Process for Writing an Unputdownable Novel in 6 Months or Less

    ❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓ It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE. 👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67 👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton My full Emotional Storyteller's Intensive course and my full Emotional Editing Blueprint course, both of which sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars on their own, are both available now inside my exclusive membership for authors, the Legendary Fiction Forge. Want a full transformational pathway for imagining, writing, editing, and publishing your stories? Join us now inside LFF. This is a monthly subscription that you can cancel anytime. Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67

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We’ve all done it: written a scene or chapter, but when we read it back to ourselves, it sounds flat, boring, hollow, or trite. Or we’ve given a piece of writing to beta readers, who report that it’s missing something, not resonating with them, or the real kiss of death: “It was okay.” Why does this happen? Our stories are bright and vibrant in our minds, so why do they come out flat on the page? The truth is, the ONLY way to hook your reader is through emotion. Not the emotions of the characters, but by evoking emotion in the reader. By giving them a truly emotional experience of your story. And how do we do that? Through the psychology of human change. Welcome to Six Figure Storyteller, the podcast where you’ll get tips and tricks for understanding character psychology and using emotion to hook your reader on every single page! So grab your fuzzy slippers and your chocolate of choice, and let’s dive in!

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