Pinch Me, Baby
Or How to Talk Sexy to Writers. Just kidding! Sort of.
There are some things in the writing world that don’t make a ton of sense in the world of regular humans.
One of those things is pinch points.
This podcast episode is going to be the start of a quick series of podcasts and regular posts about pinch points. The regular posts will be at our Substack LIVING HAPPY under the WRITE BETTER NOW publication
So, what are these little twerps called pinch points?
They a way of thinking about novel or story structure that helps us keep the reader engaged.
Pinch points are moments where the tension emerges again or is heightened. It’s a place where you seductively say to the reader, “Hey, baby. Let’s engage again.” Or maybe it’s that they are saying, “Dear Reader, let me remind you what exactly is at stake here for our poor, dear, pathetic hero.”
The pinch points are where the protagonist or hero of your story gets a little bit of pain. Ouch. So mean, us writers are so very mean.
