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500 Fantasy Writing Prompts – Available Now!

April 23, 2020 by Erica 1 Comment

500 Fantasy Writing Prompts

  Writer’s Block? Not Anymore… Discover 500 Inspiring Fantasy Writing Prompts To Beat Writer’s Block Today.   Blocked.  Frustrated.  Out of ideas… It’s every writer’s worst nightmare – and it’s come true.  You’re staring at your screen, fingers on the keyboard, ready to plough through a day’s worth of writing, but nothing happens.  The words don’t come. The ideas feel stale and are void of any sort of life. What

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Do You Need Ideas For Your Fantasy Short Story?

April 15, 2020 by Erica 2 Comments

Do you need some ideas for a short fantasy story? Perhaps you’re filling in time, doing some creative writing work while at home, completing an assignment, or just looking for a new idea to spark your next big or flash fiction short story? Today, I have 30 new fantasy writing ideas, just waiting for your next short fiction writing project. If you are wanting to write something longer, these prompts

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A Margaret Atwood MasterClass Review

April 4, 2020 by Erica 17 Comments

Magaret Atwood MasterClass Review

    The latest fare of MasterClass (in the writing arena) is Margaret Atwood’s Creative Writing Class. As soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it. In this class, Margaret Atwood will be showing us how she crafts compelling stories, from historical to speculative fiction. We can expect to follow along and learn her creative process for developing ideas into strong standing novels. I haven’t been

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A MasterClass Review – Is It Worth It?

March 24, 2020 by Erica Leave a Comment

MasterClass

With everything that is currently going on in the world, I just wanted to remind you about a wonderful writing resource available out there.  They currently have an offer on, to support us during Covid-19. Buy an All-Access Pass and get one free for a friend 🙂 So, MasterClass… This is definitely a resource you want to check out if you are an aspiring writer or even a published author.

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30 Epic Fantasy Story Ideas to Spark Your Imagination

March 1, 2020 by Erica 5 Comments

This month I wanted to focus on the fantasy theme to support the release of my 500 Fantasy Writing Prompt book. So, here are 30 Epic Fantasy Story Ideas to get you started 🙂     As always, there are no rules in writing with writing prompts, but if you’d like some guidelines, here are a few:   Choose a prompt that interests you or causes you a strong emotion.

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How To Write A Novel: Step By Step Class with Holly Lisle!

January 12, 2020 by Erica Leave a Comment

How to write a novel class

  Update: 12th January 2020 – The How to Write a Novel class is currently OPEN  –     Do you want to write a novel? Have you started over and over again, and never finished? Or do you just think about it and read writing how-to books over and over?   I have an answer for you…

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30 Eerie Halloween Writing Prompts

October 3, 2019 by Erica 3 Comments

30 Day Halloween Writing Challenge

  For the month of October here are 30 Halloween Writing Prompts! Finally, I’m bringing back our 30 Day Writing Challenge… I’m going to be writing to one each day – just a page in my notebook – I hope you’ll join me. These Halloween writing prompts have been written for adults, but they will be ok if you’re in you’re teens too:) I hope you like them!   Happy

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30 New Mystery Suspense Story Ideas To Get You Writing

September 21, 2019 by Erica 3 Comments

This week I wanted to go in a different direction and felt in the mood for some mystery and suspense story ideas. So this is for you, my suspense, mystery, and thriller readers and writers:) If you are just getting started in writing mystery and suspense, I recommend checking out the TVTropes website to get a feel for the genres and to find some key tropes to also help you get

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20 Historical Fiction Writing Prompts To Spark Your Imagination

September 8, 2019 by Erica Leave a Comment

Salem Witch Trial Prompt

This week I have 20 brand new historical fiction writing prompts for those of you interested in writing historical fiction. I love reading historical fiction, but am somewhat afraid of writing it. But, I do like the idea of using history as a template or canvas for a story, where you don’t have to stick strictly to the real version of events or the time period you’re using.     Do

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10 New Romantic Writing Prompts with a Suspense Twist

August 24, 2019 by Erica 2 Comments

10 New Romantic Writing Prompts with a Suspense Feel

  I love romance stories where it’s the two love interests against world conflicts. I’ve only just realized that genre is actually called Romantic Suspense. One of my favourite novels is Outlander and it’s following sequels with Claire and Jamie. I love how the romance is just one part of the story, but that it’s also a range of other sub-genres, particularly adventure and a bit of mystery. Here are 10

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