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One of the most common pieces of advice you’ll hear if you’re stuck on your story is that you need to get an accountability partner. In fact, there’s actually even a whole accountability group on Clubhouse that meets for an hour to write in silence!
But here’s the thing they don’t tell you about being stuck with your story:
Being stuck isn’t about not having someone to make sure you check in every day and prove you’re writing.
Being stuck is about not having clarity about where your story is supposed to go.
That’s it.
Because without clarity, you’re trying to force things.
You’re trying to follow a pre-set plot, and the action or the dialog feels flat.
You’re trying to force a particular beat because that’s the next one the beat sheet says should happen.
And you’re trying to think of something “interesting” that should happen…
…while staring at the evil, blinking cursor at the top left of a blank page.
We’ve all been there.
But the difference between being stuck because you don’t know what to write and hours literally disappearing without you noticing because you’re so deep in flow that the words just won’t stop coming isn’t about accountability.
It’s about clarity.
You MUST have clarity about your story and where it’s supposed to go.
But one of the most interesting things about writing is that getting clarity is often one of the hardest things to do.
Why?
Because we don’t really understand the easiest path to creating a great story.
We think that we can start from the beginning, pick a plot, populate it with characters and sequence it to the right beats and everything will work out.
But it doesn’t.
Because following the plots and patterns doesn’t give us clarity.
Understanding our story, our characters and the problems they must face to make the story come alive is what gives us the clarity we need.
And when you have it?
It unlocks everything.
Unfortunately, getting that clarity often relies on luck or inspiration.
Until now.
Because now, with the Perpetual Story System™, you can get that clarity by default—as soon as you have an idea for either a character or an interesting situation that inspires you to tell a story.
And the fastest way to do that is using the information in the Breakthrough Scene Blueprint™, because it shows you what’s required for each breakthrough scene you’ll ever need to write.
Get it here: https://storysys.me/blueprint
Because your story deserves to be in the world.
And I want to help you any way I can to make that happen.
To unlocking the soul of your story,
ast
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Andrew S. Townley
Creator of the Perpetual Story System™