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Story Sorcery®

Story Sorcery® with Sue Brown-Moore is where romance writers learn how to stop second-guessing your storytelling instincts.You know that feeling when you've rewritten the same scene five times and it STILL feels wrong?😤 You're not broken.😰 Your instincts aren't wrong.😭 And…

Podcast · By Sue Brown-Moore · English · Official site

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Sep 5, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 5, 2026

    The Friends-To-Lovers Fix | 18 (opens the original)

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    There are three different types of personal conflict your romance book can showcase between your lead characters. And you might be accidentally making important decisions about your PLOT . Because if you don't give EACH of these three types its own unique external hook, your story might feel flat through the middle . Inside, I share an example of one of these romance arc types—straight from a published book!— and how understanding the character push-pull it creates can prevent a saggy middle plo

  2. Episode · Aug 15, 2026

    The Muddy Middle | 18 (opens the original)

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    Your hero can sob and scream and lose everything , and that scene might be the weakest moment in your entire story . Because big emotion doesn't necessarily make a scene better . In episode 18, I'm sharing my pro tip for diagnosing a boring, lifeless middle section of a romance book manuscript. SPOILER WARNING: This episode reveals major moments in the book Hot Axe by May Archer. So if you hate spoilers and love reading May Archer, go buy Hot Axe first . EPISODE UPDATED ON 8/24/26 (If you listen

  3. Episode · Jul 31, 2026

    Feed Your Feeling Junkies | 17 (opens the original)

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    Romance readers know how the book ends before they open it. We're not here for the plot. We care about how that book makes us feel . In episode 17, I'm breaking down the sensations we're actually re reading for, and why your hero's backstory is your best tool for threading those feelings into your prose. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode talks about the childhood loss of a pet. Nothing is graphically depicted, but it is mentioned a few times as part of the example hero's backstory. So if this is a s

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