104: Subpoena - Anatomy of a Story, Part 2 – The all Important Middle

Part two of our structure series (be sure to listen to episode 103 before firing up this puppy- remember, PC's story is tagged onto 103 as a coda)! This week we tackled middles: what they’re for, why they sag, and how to stop yours from turning into a slog. We swapped strategies for keeping the tension alive, including sandwich metaphors, surprise reversals, and one writer’s very firm stance on cheese.Then we read stories for Subpoena, ranging from legal drama to bureaucratic horror to magical court summonses no one was ready for.Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.