Scene Alchemy: Crafting Stories That Resonate and Sell

Turn quiet pages into riveting drama—one scene at a time

You don’t need more plot. You need scenes that move. Scene Alchemy is my practical, no-fluff course for writers who want pages that grip from the first line, change something we can name, and kick the story forward without waffling. We’ll make your scenes do the heavy lifting—so you can stop pushing the book uphill and start being pulled by momentum. Who this is for:  You’ve got ideas, characters, even chapters—yet some pages feel like interludes instead of engines. If you’ve ever thought, “It’s fine, but it doesn’t land,” this course is for you. Novelists, memoirists, and screen-curious prose writers welcome. Beginners gain a reliable method; working writers gain speed and sharper instincts. The promise By the end, you’ll draft and revise scenes that open under pressure, escalate without shouting, and close on an image or decision that compels the next chapter. Your readers will feel the shift—and keep turning the pages. What you’ll actually learn You’ll learn to enter late (at the first real friction), use setting as a participant not wallpaper, braid objective with opposition, tilt status, and end early on a charged “button.” You’ll discover how to thread visible stakes through the room, attach a sensory clock, and let character agendas drive the beats so dialogue becomes action, not chat. Finally, you’ll run my compact revision passes that make scenes snap into focus without sanding off voice. Inside the course (module overview) 1. Scene First, Summary Last We establish the job of a scene—promise, pressure, and the value turn—so every page earns its keep. 2. Start Late, Leave Early Doorways and exits that remove throat-clearing and debriefs. You’ll feel the difference in one afternoon. 3. Desire vs Resistance Objectives, obstacles, and the “or else.” We make stakes specific and visible—no melodrama, just consequence. 4. Setting That Interferes Rooms that squeeze characters, clocks you can hear, objects that betray nerves. Place becomes story fuel. 5. Status, Subtext, and Tactics How power shifts, how people speak around truth, and when tactics must change mid-scene. 6. The Tension Ladder Quarter-turn escalations—interruption, reveal order (good → qualifier → kill-shot), and the irrevocable choice. 7. The Button Endings that land: image over explanation, motion into the next chapter, success that costs or loss that frees. 8. Revision in Three Passes Purpose, heat, clarity. A short routine you’ll use forever: cut, clock, choice, button. If you’re ready to turn “fine” into compelling, enrol in Scene Alchemy today and let your scenes start writing the book for you. Add it to your Thinkific dashboard and begin with Module 1 this afternoon. Your pages will feel different by the end of the week. Keep Writing!