#260. Student Spotlight: From Stuck at 25k Words to a Finished Draft With Lindsay Sfara

#260. Student Spotlight: From Stuck at 25k Words to a Finished Draft With Lindsay Sfara

August 11, 2026 · 40 min · Episode 260

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Lindsay Sfara shares her journey from being stuck on a draft to completing her debut novel through effective story development.

After stalling out on a draft she'd already outlined chapter by chapter, Lindsay Sfara discovered the story development work that has to come before an outline—and turned that stuck manuscript into a published debut novel. Today I'm chatting with Lindsay Sfara, superhero fantasy author of Aero Knights: Origins and a Notes to Novel graduate, about how developing her story before outlining it finally helped her finish the book she'd been trying to write for years. In this episode, you'll hear u...

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