March is not about starting something new. It’s about becoming the kind of writer who finishes. Many writers live in the beginning. New ideas. Fresh notebooks. Clean documents. That early rush of possibility.But finished work is created by a different identity — and that’s the identity we’re stepping into this month. This challenge is designed…
You’ve been at this long enough to know that rejection is part of the process. You’ve built up a certain resilience — the ability to read a “not for me” and move on without spiraling. That’s hard-won, and it matters. But here’s a trap that even seasoned querying writers fall into: treating every piece of…
Strengthen the Identity You Stepped Into January was about becoming. You began living as your future-writer-self. You showed up differently. You made small, intentional choices that aligned with the writer you’re becoming. February is about stabilizing that identity. Because once you’ve stepped into a new way of being, the next step isn’t to push harder—it’s…
Here are seven fresh prompts for the week ahead. Use them one at a time to write a short scene or story each day, or combine several prompts to tell a larger story. Monday’s Prompt: The Message That Wasn’t Meant for You You receive a handwritten note tucked inside a library book. It’s clearly personal,…
by Suzanne Lieurance When you sit down to write, you don’t just start typing and hope it works out. You pause. You look at the page. You revise. You decide what stays and what goes. Your marketing budget deserves the same care. Before you spend a single dollar promoting your books, courses, coaching, or content,…
by Suzanne Lieurance January is the perfect time to reset—not by piling on goals or pressure, but by gently stepping into who you’re becoming. This year, I’m inviting you to try something different. Instead of setting a long list of writing resolutions, our January writing challenge is about living as your future-writer-self—starting now. Not someday….
Here are 7 fresh, holiday-flavored writing prompts for the week ahead. Monday’s Prompt — The Gift No One Expected A character receives a gift that clearly wasn’t meant for them. It’s beautifully wrapped, expensive, and carries a message that doesn’t make sense. Write the moment they decide whether to keep it, return it, or open…
Every month we feature a different writing challenge. Here’s our challenge for December. The One-Hour-a-Day December Writing Challenge December is busy, but you can still move your writing forward in just one focused hour a day. This challenge is simple: Every day in December, set aside one hour just for your writing. No multitasking. No…
Here are seven brand-new, realistic writing prompts for Thanksgiving week, each one tied to gratitude, family dynamics, memory, and the quiet emotional turns this holiday tends to bring out. Monday’s Prompt – The Empty Chair At the Thanksgiving table, there’s an empty chair this year — someone moved away, passed away, or simply isn’t speaking…
Here are seven fresh, realistic writing prompts for the week ahead — written with grounded emotion and real-world depth to get you thinking, feeling, and creating. Monday’s Prompt: The Unsent Letter Your character writes a letter they’ll never send — maybe to an old friend, a parent, or even themselves from years ago. What do…
by Simon Rose In your children’s science fiction or fantasy novel, even if the setting is in a different time period, in outer space, or in a world completely unlike our own, it’s imperative that the young characters in the story overcome their adversaries through their own efforts and find solutions to the problems and…
Here are seven brand-new, realistic writing prompts for next week — grounded in ordinary life, quiet tension, and small but powerful shifts in emotion and perspective. Monday’s Prompt – The Late Apology Your character finally decides to apologize for something that happened years ago — a friendship that ended badly, a lie, a betrayal. Write…
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