That idea you keep coming back to?
Start there.
The Story Compass is a free PDF workbook that takes the idea you've been carrying around and, through 10 gentle questions, helps you discover The Who, The Where and The How of your love story.
The Story Compass
10 questions · 1 scene
I can see bits of this story so clearly in my head… I just don’t know how to turn them into an actual story.
Sound familiar? That’s exactly where The Story Compass begins.
What you’ll walk away with
A clearer picture of the story that’s been living in your head — your characters, their world, their relationship, and what might happen between them.
Find the shape of your story
Ten simple questions walk you through The Who, The Where and The How of your romance. No plotting jargon in sight.
See your couple more clearly
Pull together the character, the trope and the moments already living in your head into one clear picture of who these two people are.
Build the world around them
Sketch the setting your relationship will unfold in, so your scenes have somewhere to actually happen.
Realise your idea is bigger than you thought
See how much of your story starts to appear once you ask the right questions.
Actually write something
End by choosing the scene you think about most and putting it on the page. This isn't another workbook for 'later'.
Send me The Story Compass
Pop in your name and email and I’ll send the workbook straight to your inbox. Then it’s time to let the idea come out of your head.
Hi, I’m Val
I’m a romance book coach and developmental editor, and I help aspiring and first-time romance writers turn the idea they can’t stop thinking about into a story they can actually begin to see.
You don’t need to know your whole plot, have detailed character profiles or even be completely sure what happens yet. Sometimes you just need the right questions to uncover how much of the story is already there.
That’s exactly where The Story Compass starts.