Blog – Erin

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Weekly tips, stories and inspiration for your writing journey.


  • Scoops of chocolate, vanilla, and french vanilla ice cream in a glass with a cone on top of the french vanilla scoop to illustrate a juxtaposition.

    Dance of Contrasts: Using Juxtaposition to Wow Your Readers

    To captivate your reader, learn how to master the juxtaposition.

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  • A line of yellow stars on a blue and back background to illustrate your best writing

    How Balance Can Lead to Your Best Writing

    Great craft skills are essential, but without this, your best writing will elude you.

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  • A staircase that is covered in shadows to illustrate writing that's too dark

    The Problem With Writing That’s Too Dark

    Early drafts can contain writing that’s too dark. Here’s two Donald Masss’ strategies for addressing this.

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  • Illustration of labor of love: photo of man in a yellow t-shirt and jeans carrying two children through a field of red tulips while a third walks on in he distance.

    7 Questions to Protect Your Labors of Love

    Don’t want to sabotage your labors of love? Here’s how.

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  • Person with gray sneakers standing on the middle yellow lines of a road to illustrate your story's midpoint.

    Understand Your Life’s Midpoints to Improve Your Story

    The midpoints in your life tell you who you are. Understand them and you’ll understand the story you’re trying to tell.

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  • Woman holding a man's hand on a blue bed to illustrate the importance of your story's emotional plot.

    2 Strategies for Launching Your Story’s Emotional Plot

    To launch a story, you must design a strong hook and build investment in your story’s emotional plot.

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  • Picture of person in blue jeans with brown shoes walking on a path in winter to illustrate mastering your character's walk

    Mastering Your Character’s Walk: 1 Unique Way To Improve Your WIP

    Wondering how you can bolster your character development? Apply empathy to your characters by exploring your character’s walk.

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  • Photo of famous characters from tv shows, books, and movies like Winnie the Pooh and Shrek that foster empathy

    Build Your Empathy to Improve Your Characters

    Wondering how you can bolster your character development? Apply empathy to your characters.

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  • Photo for fear of success: escalator going up with red tape across the entry reading Danger No Entry

    3 Reasons Writers Have a Fear of Success

    Worried your fear of success will sabotage your projects? Here’s your antidote.

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  • Symbol of summer writing anxiety: pale woman in a brown dress holding her long black hair as she curls in a ball.

    3 Ways to Beat Summer Writing Anxiety

    Summer writing anxiety is real but it doesn’t have to derail your writing projects.

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  • Worried perfectionism is holding you back: photo of Katherine Morgan Schafler and her book The Perfectionists Guide to Losing Control

    Worried Perfectionism Is Holding You back? Learn to Harness It, Not Hate It

    If you’re scared perfectionism is holding you back, change the way you see it.

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  • Perfectionism holding you back: photo of Katherine Morgan Schafler and her book The Perfectionists Guide to Losing Control

    Identifying Your Book’s Audience: 3 Authors Show You How

    Need to identify your book’s audience. Learn how 3 authors figured this out.

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