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The Pen to Published Podcast
The Pen to Published Podcast
A podcast for want-to-be authors, those who are self-publishing, and anyone who just likes to write. Hosts Alexa Whitten, author, typesetter and independent book publisher, and Alexa Tewkesbury, author, editor and proofreader, talk you through the entire self-publishing process, from initial book idea to ultimate published product.
March 21, 2025

Tackling your book's messy middle

Tackling your book's messy middle

The hardest and most challenging section of your book to write is likely to be the middle. It's the longest section within the three-act structure and it has to work for the reader in multiple ways. This week, Alexa 1 and Alexa 2 share advice to help...

The hardest and most challenging section of your book to write is likely to be the middle. It's the longest section within the three-act structure and it has to work for the reader in multiple ways. This week, Alexa 1 and Alexa 2 share advice to help you tackle that messy middle bit.

Books featured in this episode:

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

On Writing; A memoir by Stephen King

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Howards End by E M Forster

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

How to Set-up Women's Circles, Celebrating Cacao and Meditation Collective by Ann Ball

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Alexa (1) Tewkesbury 
Twitter @AlexaTewkesbury
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Email admin@alexatewkesbury.com

Alexa (2) Whitten
Instagram @Alexa_Whitten_Authormaker
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Email alexa@thebookrefinery.com