Coffee With Your character
Since you grabbed the free Map Your Story Guide…
Grab the $17 Coffee with Your Character workbook to help you go deeper in understanding who your character is…and who you want them to be.
You've been writing your character…
but do you actually know them?
If your scenes feel forced and your character feels flat, you need clarity.
Instant pDF download | $17 | get clarity today
Here's what's actually happening.
You've been working on your story for months. You know your character's name, their backstory, maybe even their voice. But if someone asked you right now, what does your character truly believe about themselves that is causing every bad decision they make? Could you answer that in one sentence?
Most writers can't. And it's why their scenes feel forced, their dialogue falls flat, and their plot keeps stalling.
You're writing a stranger.
Hi, I'm Danyel Nicole.
I spent 25 years in experience design and learning frameworks for Fortune 500 companies…and then, when writing my first fiction novel, I got lost in the pages. So I grabbed a Sharpie and some sticky notes, mapped my story on my hallway wall, and within an hour, I could see my story start to come together. That became the Map Your Story method, which I've taught to hundreds of writers of all types, and just like you.
I built this workbook because every writer deserves to know their character this deeply before they write another scene.
Six Conversations. 90 minutes.
One character you finally know.
Who they Are
Before the story changes them.
What they hide
The things they'd never say out loud.
what has to break
The identity the plot must crack open.
How it works
Here's how simple this is.
Download your PDF workbook instantly after checkout.
Set aside 90 minutes. Work through six guided conversations with your character, each one going a little deeper.
Finish learning exactly who your character is, and write every scene with more clarity going forward.
"I have to say that the life-changing effect for my writing was with this workbook and having coffee with my character. It has literally changed my entire approach to what's already been written. I now understand and feel the character, so that coffee was a breaking point for me."
~ June B, Fiction writer | Map Your story client
Pull up a chair.
Your character is waiting.
If your character feels flat, your scenes feel forced, or you've been writing and not sure why readers should care, this is your next step.
Get to know your character in a way most writers never take the time to discover.
✨ 20-Page Guided workbook
✨ Instant download
Map Your Story Studios
Map Your Story Studios exists for one reason: to help writers finally see their stories clearly enough to write them forward.
Founded by Danyel Nicole, a writer, story mapper, and experience designer, every resource, workbook, and course is built on one belief: clarity comes before momentum. And momentum is how books get finished.
✨ Map Your Story. Chase Your Purpose.✨
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