Every story you write needs its “I Want” Song

Paul Kix
3 min readJan 19, 2024

I spent my time this week writing a story for Esquire that kept losing its pace.

It shouldn’t have. The story has drama.

A shark bites off the leg of an Hawaiian surfer and, after the attack, the guy can’t find meaning in life until a woman enters it, who happened to survive The Boston Marathon bombing.

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Paul Kix

Best-selling author of The Saboteur. Learn the 7 rules six-figure writers follow to make more money: https://paulkixnewsletter.lpages.co/seven-tips-pdf/