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We’ve all done it: written a scene or chapter, but when we read it back to ourselves, it sounds flat, boring, hollow, or trite. Or we’ve given a piece of writing to beta readers, who report that it’s missing something, not resonating with them, or the real kiss of death: “It was okay.” Why does this happen? Our stories are bright and vibrant in our minds, so why do they come out flat on the page? The truth is, the ONLY way to hook your reader is through emotion. Not the emotions of the characters, but by evoking emotion in the reader. By giving them a truly emotional experience of your story. And how do we do that? Through the psychology of human change. Welcome to Six Figure Storyteller, the podcast where you’ll get tips and tricks for understanding character psychology and using emotion to hook your reader on every single page! So grab your fuzzy slippers and your chocolate of choice, and let’s dive in!

Publisher

Liesel K. Hill, USA Today Best-Selling Author

Category

arts · education · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jan 2020

Latest episode

15 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

6 of 298 episodes have a transcript.

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   15 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   298: The Real Reason Your Fiction Story Feels Flat (It's Not What You Think)

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name] about why fiction stories feel flat, revealing a surprising core reason for uninspired narratives.

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   18 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   297: 3 Things Every Fiction Author MUST Master for an Unputdownable Story

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name] about three essential elements every fiction author must master for an unputdownable story.

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   2 Apr 2026

   296: How I Build Characters That Feel Psychologically Real (3-Week Framework)

   Your characters have potential — but something underneath feels unstable. Character development in fiction is tricky. This episode describes my exact 3-week system for building psychologically real, emotionally alive characters. If you're deep into your manuscript and your characters still feel flat, uncertain, or like they're "missing something," you don't need more general writing advice — you need a specific, sequenced system. In this video (the final in my character development playlist), I walk through the 3-week framework from my Emotional Storytellers Intensive. This framework results in emotional storytelling, building a stellar internal character arc, forever knowing how to handle character development for any character, and a protagonist that jumps right off the page! By the end of these 3 weeks, you'll have a psychologically complete character you can write confidently, consistently, and specifically — across drafts and revisions. This is for committed writers who want their characters to have a heartbeat. ______________________________________________________________ ❓Want to take my signature program, THE EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE, which walks you through how to plan a deeply emotional story, step-by-step?❓ It and all my other signature programs are now available instantly when you join us inside the LEGENDARY FICTION FORGE. 👉The EMOTIONAL STORYTELLER'S INTENSIVE here is now yours in its entirety when you join the Legendary Fiction Forge. For just $67/month, you get full access to my entire course library, 2 Q&A/Coaching calls with me per month, a community of like mind authors, and much more! Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67 👉Have an idea, but not sure where you're going with it? Get OUTLINE YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/story-skeleton ______________________________________________________________ My full Emotional Storyteller's Intensive course and my full Emotional Editing Blueprint course, both of which sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars on their own, are both available now inside my exclusive membership for authors, the Legendary Fiction Forge. Want a full transformational pathway for imagining, writing, editing, and publishing your stories? Join us now inside LFF. This is a monthly subscription that you can cancel anytime. Learn more here: https://6figurestoryteller.com/join-lff-67

Inside a recent episode

298: The Real Reason Your Fiction Story Feels Flat (It's Not What You Think)

Published 15 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] We, our job as the author, of course it is to tell a great story, but it is specifically to give our readers an emotional experience of our story. And what emotion that is, is going to depend on the genre of story that we're telling. and the part of the story we're in. Obviously, there's going to be different emotions in the first part of the story versus the last part of the story, all of that. But no matter what the emotion is, whatever is appropriate to your story and your tropes and your genre, we need to give the reader a highly, highly emotional experience. And you have to understand that the number one way to hook a reader, in fact, I would say the only way to hook a reader, is through emotion. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

63 ratings

Spotify

4.4 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

73

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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