Every writer has a meh scene, but I can fix it. Quick. Easy. And for less than a fluffy Starbucks drink.

Don’t lie you know the one I mean. The scene you skim when you re-read your draft because it’s… fine.

It’s not a disaster, but it’s definitely not dripping with the sparkle you thought you had.

Your mom said it’s good. Your soul says otherwise but you just don’t know what it needs.

I do. It needs tension and stakes, a dagger welded to its throat to put some heat to its lumpy butt.

Sometimes you need a petty villain to slash the lines that drag you down… Me. I’ll be your villain.

Let me show you what I mean.

Your scene comes to me looking like this:

She walked into the room and looked around. Everything felt cold and empty, like no one had been there for years. She shivered and hugged herself.

See it’s fine but do you really want to settle for fine?

Now here’s how I work my magic, keeping the same tense and same core idea. This is how it returns to you:

She plucked a cobweb thread from her hair, the floorboards creaking beneath her shoes.

Goosebumps erupted down her arms despite the summer’s heat. Something wasn’t right about this room.

Dust coated every surface.

The stench of rot and decay clung to her throat.

Pictures hung crooked from their hooks while furniture yellowed with age.

Out of all the rooms in the manor, why was this room locked away and left untouched all these years? What were they hiding?

Or worse, what were they running from?

See the difference? I know your readers will.

The weak verbs are gone. There’s sensory details. And now we have tension. Your readers will feel the dread, experience the room through the character. Devour the scene while clutching their kindle, instead of merely reading the words.

Don’t hand your readers a bowl of “eh, it’s fine” because you don’t know what else it needs.

Send me the soggy scene. Let me slice and stab at it so you can serve them an experience that haunts them. And drags them into the story. Makes them crave “just one more chapter.”

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Remember, your mom will always say it’s great but your readers will know better.

Be better than fine.