Fix My Story #2: Stop Writing Flat Characters — Do This Instead

Is your manuscript coming back with notes like "I didn't connect with the characters" or "they felt flat"? In this Fix My Story session, I'm diagnosing exactly why your characters aren't landing — and giving you the specific techniques to make them richer, deeper, and three-dimensional so readers are emotionally invested from page one.If your characters feel like cardboard cutouts, this is the video for you. What we cover: ✅ Why flat characters kill reader buy-in before chapter two ✅ The internal/external wound technique that adds instant depth ✅ How to layer emotional stakes so readers feel what your character feels ✅ The one question you must answer for every character before you write a single scene I've written 87 books in 24 countries — I've seen these patterns thousands of times, and I know exactly how to fix them. 📌 Watch Fix My Story #1 first:    • Fix My Story: Your Chapter Has a Fatal Fla...   👱‍♀️ About Me: I’m Shirley Jump, a New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 87 books published in 24 countries. I’ve worked for most of the big 5 New York publishers and have self-published, so I’m a bit of a hybrid author. 🫤 How’d I Get Here? I wrote TEN books in 8 years before I sold my first one. I was rejected from pretty much everyone in the business, and even quit writing for a while because I was so disheartened. It hasn’t been all rainbows and unicorns since that first sale, which is why I’m here to help you learn how to write a better book, so that you can avoid the tough-knocks road I took. So come write with me, and let’s write a better book! 💛 FREE RESOURCES 💛 Grab the FREE Highlighter Method of Learning to Plot, available in my community (which is also free): https://writing-s-site-c2a5.thinkific... Get your FREE printable Character Planning Guide here: https://writing-s-site-c2a5.thinkific... Wait, there’s more! Don’t forget to grab the FREE Complete Plot Plan Guide here: https://writing-s-site-c2a5.thinkific... 🏫 COURSES AND CONSULTS 🏫 Writer’s Boot Camp! An all-new 12-week course taking you from start to finish in your book! Sign up here (use code YOUTUBE to save 10%): https://writing-s-site-c2a5.thinkific... Learn to Write a Compelling Romance Novel! Sign up here (use code YOUTUBE to save 10%): https://writing-s-site-c2a5.thinkific... BUNDLE two courses in one and save 27%: https://writing-s-site-c2a5.thinkific... BOOK A ONE-ON-ONE COACHING SESSION: Do you want in-depth feedback and developmental edits on your book? Then set up a private one-on-one coaching session with me! https://writing-s-site-c2a5.thinkific... 📚 HOW-TO BOOKS AND WORKBOOKS 📚 📖 GET THE #1 BESTSELLING RESOURCE: THE WRITING COMPELLING FICTION BOOK! https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Compel... Or the ALL-NEW Workbook and Planner! https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Compel... 📺 MUST-WATCH VIDEOS 📺 Watch me analyze a Scene from start to finish and Show you EVERYTHING you need to know about writing powerful Scenes!    • MASTERCLASS: How To Turn BORING Scenes int...   How to Make Your Book Unforgettable:    • Part 4: Internal Plot Basics for Beginners...   Do This to Write a Stronger Plot:    • Part 1: How to Plot Your Novel as a Beginn...   Stop Wasting Your Time (and Heart) on Rejection:    • Stop Wasting Your Time on Rejection, Write...   Easy Tips to Show Not Tell:    • BEST Show Not Tell Writing Tricks | Make e...   And don’t forget to hit subscribe so you don’t miss anything!    / @writingcompellingfiction   If you want to become a writer that readers love, and write books that keep readers turning the pages long into the night, then hit subscribe and become part of the Writing Compelling Fiction community! https://writing-s-site-c2a5.thinkific... #writeyourfirstchapter #writebettercharacters #writeabook #howtowrite #howtowritebetter