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Showing emotions by asking yourself 8 questions
30. Showing emotions by asking yourself 8 questions
How do we show what we or our characters are feeling so our readers can experience those emotions for themselves as the scene unfolds? Learn how to visualize emotions and thus show readers.
The art of earnings: Mastering full-time writing with Sarah Werner, episode 62 of the Parents Who Write podcast
62. The art of earnings: Mastering full-time writing with Sarah Werner
Learn how you too can build a career as a full-time writer. Sarah Werner talks to us today about ghostwriting, experimenting with her creativity, and what's worked best for her.
34. Validating and exploring romance w/ Maria Secoy
34. Validating and exploring romance w/ Maria Secoy
Are you curious about writing romance stories, but you’re not sure what qualifies as romance? Learn what makes a romance novel literary and what distinguishes the 50+ subgenres from each other.
Using children’s stories to inspire your writing w/ Maria Secoy
29. Using children’s stories to inspire your writing w/ Maria Secoy
In this episode, Maria explains what questions writers can ask themselves, and their children, to expand their understanding of what makes a story when reading children's stories.
Encouraging marginalized voices to speak their truth w/ Iris Imaginoria
13. Encouraging marginalized voices to speak their truth w/ Iris Imaginoria
Marginalized voices need space to speak their truth. On the show today is Iris Imaginoria, director of a story-based theater camp, cancer and mental health survivor, and parent of a gender-fluid teen.
Organic marketing tips for social media w/ Chad Miller
50. Organic marketing tips for social media w/ Chad Miller
Learn 6 organic marketing tips that will help you grow your social media audience, without spamming groups or turning readers away with only “buy my book” posts.
Reading like a writer
40. Reading like a writer & what that means
Learn how reading like a writer helps strengthen your writing, which books you should apply this approach to, and how to actually read like a writer.
Get acquainted with the 5 primary sentence patterns
37. Get acquainted with the 5 primary sentence patterns
Have you ever written a sentence that just feels off? Learn the 5 primary sentence patterns to plant the first seeds for gaining this knowledge.
Unearthing my identity beyond mom
21. Unearthing my identity beyond mom
With Maria Secoy as guest host, Erin P.T. Canning shares the lead up to losing her identity and motivation for writing after parenthood—and the resources she used to find both again.
Writing about family and difficult memories
38. Writing about family and difficult memories
Do you have personal moments of your life that you want to write about, but you're not sure how to approach writing about family? Tune in to learn tips for navigating these issues.
24. Finishing the first draft: Staying motivated
24. Finishing the first draft: Staying motivated
In this episode, Erin talks about staying motivated, because we all have those moments when we lose steam, even when writing a story we’re excited about.
Crafting continuity: A writer’s guide to style sheets
58. Crafting continuity: A writer’s guide to style sheets
Learn how to maintain consistency when writing a story or book series using style sheets and style tags for easy document navigation.