Okay so I’ve been helping authors with autobiography stuff for years and honestly most people overthink this way too much. You don’t need to write a whole book to tell your life story effectively, and I’m gonna show you exactly how to structure one of these short autobiography examples. What Actually Goes in a Short […]
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Okay so the Save the Cat template is basically this screenwriting structure that Blake Snyder came up with and honestly, it’s probably the most practical story framework I’ve used for plotting out books. Even though it’s designed for screenplays, I use it for outlining fiction all the time because it just… works. The whole thing […]
Okay so I’ve been helping authors with memoir samples for like three years now and the biggest thing people get wrong is they think a sample needs to be this polished perfect chapter but honestly the best memoir samples are kinda messy in a good way, you know? What Actually Works in Memoir Samples So […]
Okay so I was literally working on a novel structure last night while my cat kept walking across my keyboard and here’s what you actually need to know about outlining fiction… The three-act structure is where most people start and honestly it works. You’ve got Act One which is like the first 25% of your […]
Okay so I just finished helping someone outline their third romance novel last week and honestly the whole “how do I even structure this thing” question comes up literally every time I talk to new authors, so let me just dump everything I know about book outlines because you’re gonna need different approaches depending on […]
Okay so last month I was going through like 300 book covers from top sellers and honestly the patterns are so obvious once you start really looking at them. Let me show you what actually works because I’ve spent way too much time analyzing this stuff when I should’ve been watching that new season of […]
Okay so you wanna write sample biographies and honestly I’ve been helping people with these for years on their Amazon books and let me tell you, most people overthink the hell out of this. Just finished working with a client last night who was stuck on this exact thing and I’m gonna give you the […]
Okay so recipe template pages are basically the backbone of your entire cookbook and I spent like three months testing different layouts before I figured out what actually converts to sales versus what just looks pretty on Canva. First thing you gotta understand is that people buying cookbooks on Amazon are NOT looking at your […]
Okay so I just finished laying out like 15 recipe books last month and honestly the individual recipe page template is where most people completely mess up their whole project. Let me show you what actually works because I’ve tested this with readers who left reviews specifically mentioning the layout. The Basic Structure That Actually […]
Okay so I just finished designing like three recipe book covers last week and here’s what actually works when you’re putting together a template for cookbook front pages… The biggest mistake I see people making is they jump straight into Canva or whatever design tool and start slapping clipart everywhere. Don’t do that yet. First […]










