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Lori Puma is a Visual Story Scientist and developmental editor for multi-published indie genre fiction authors.
The authors she works with aren't beginners. They've published multiple novels, earned reviews, and built a reader base. What they don't have yet is a fan base that rearranges schedules around release dates, blows through the backlist, and goes to bat for their characters in TikTok comment sections.
Lori built visual frameworks that map how page-turning novels work at a structural level, and adapted a conceptual model from behavior change science to create characters readers feel are real, not just believable. She's the author of What Fiction Craft Books Left Out and the Infographic Guide to Standout Plots, and creator of the Breakout Novel Pyramid.
She's available virtually for podcasts, webinars, and summit presentations.
To book Lori contact her at lori {at} loripuma {dot} com.
From the Infographic Guide to Standout Plots. Visual frameworks that map how page-turning novels work by genre.
Presentation Topics
From Simple Premise to Obsessive Fandom
There's a specific gap between a story that works and one that creates readers who rearrange their schedules around release dates. Lori maps that gap visually, using infographics that show exactly how the mechanics of plot, character, and reader obsession interact. The goal isn't a better story. It's a story readers can't stop thinking about. Multi-genre or genre-specific.
Crafting Unforgettable Heroes
Most craft advice on protagonists stays at the surface: give them a flaw, show them change. Lori goes deeper, using a behavioral science-based framework to map the internal architecture that makes a hero feel genuinely real instead of just technically sound. Audiences leave with a diagnostic lens they can apply to their current protagonist, and a clear picture of what to address first. Available as a multi-genre or genre-specific session.
Building the Puzzle Behind Your Mystery's Plot
Your mystery has clues and suspects, but does it have lenses? Mystery plots run on mechanics most craft books never make visible. Lori maps the the invisible architecture mystery authors need to create plot twists that readers never see coming. Includes three structural puzzle failures that collapse reader trust before the reveal. For mystery and suspense genres.
Podcast Topics
Using infographics to diagnose your novel and carve your path to a fanbase obsessed with your novels
What experienced authors miss when they never stop drafting
What Authors Say
"I've had 30 mysteries published and I have still learned something." — Peg Cochran, USA Today Bestselling Author
"Feels like I'm actually 'crafting' this book, not just going on instinct and hope." — TL Dyer, Author
"Lori understands stories so well, but also has such sincerity." — Cameron Galloway, Author and playwright
Past Talks and Interviews
From Simple Premise to Obsessive Fandom: The Invisible Story Secret
The Resilient Writers Radio Show
What happens when you take slippery, hard-to-explain storytelling principles and turn them into something you can actually see? Lori walks through the visual frameworks from the Infographic Guide to Standout Plots to show how page-turning novels work at a structural level.
Building the Puzzle Behind Your Mystery’s Plot
Cops and Writers
Lori turns the tables and interviews host Patrick O'Donnell on how crime fiction compares to real-life policing.
The Rebel Author Podcast
Why Good Writers Get Stuck (And How to Break Through)
Lori and host Sacha Black dig into why experienced authors hit walls that better craft instincts can't seem to fix, including how to navigate an overwhelming sea of craft advice, where conflict and tension actually break down in a romance arc, and Lori gives Sacha advice on her work-in-progress.