Starting this Sunday, WRITERS is officially going paid! This is something I've been working toward for a while, and it means I'll be able to invest even more into this space! 🌟More resources 🌟More tools 🌟More support 🌟& more value for all of you! Before anything else, I want to make sure you know: you are grandfathered in.🥇 As an existing member, you'll keep lifetime FREE access, no strings attached, now or ever. This change is about welcoming new members in a sustainable way, not about asking more of the people who've already been here from day one. And most importantly, I want to say THANK YOU! 💛🧡 The energy, engagement, and support you've brought to this community from the start is the reason it's been able to grow & will continue to. None of this happens without you.💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡 & One more thing: if you have friends who are into writing, now's a great time to invite them in! They can join before Sunday's changes take effect, and honestly, having more voices and perspectives in here only makes this space better. The more the merrier! 🥳 🥂 Thank you for being here from the beginning. Here's to what's next. 🙌

Who's dressing up for halloween!? I'm gonna be a dragon! 🐉 What about you? If not, what are your plans for this spooky evening. 👀

You know when you read a line that just sticks with you. And you wonder, how did someone come up with that? Mark Forsyth’s The Elements of Eloquence has the answer. Forsyth’s big idea is that great lines aren’t accidents. They’re built on patterns, and once you know the patterns, you can use them on purpose. 📚 One of the great lessons is the : The Rule of Three (Tricolon) Our brains love threes. A list of two feels incomplete, and a list of four starts to drag. Three feels just right. Think of “Veni, vidi, vici” (“I came, I saw, I conquered”), or “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” It works for a few reasons: ✅ It has rhythm. Three beats feels complete and satisfying. ✅ It builds momentum. Each item can raise the stakes of the one before it. ✅ It sticks. Three-part phrases are easier to remember. Forsyth also points out that the third item often carries the punch. You can build an expected pattern with the first two and then surprise the reader with the third. For example: “She was smart, she was funny, and she was absolutely terrifying.” The first two set the tone, and the third lands the impact. ✍️ Try it yourself! Write a sentence using the Rule of Three. It could describe a character, a setting, or an emotion in your current project. Drop it in the comments! 💬 Bonus questions: - Have you read The Elements of Eloquence? What was your favorite figure of speech? - What’s your go-to technique for making a sentence hit harder?

I was listening to a podcast today with Mark Forsyth and he said something that I quite liked. ✨ "Don’t write just to be efficient. Write to enchant." Don’t write just to get the meaning across. Write to enchant.🌙 Write for beauty. Write to make things better than they were. ✍️ EXAMPLE: 😐 Efficient: We keep struggling, but the past keeps pulling us back. 😊 Enchanting: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” (F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby) Anyone can write a sentence that works. A sentence that works tells the reader what happened, where they are, and how someone feels. It’s clear, it’s useful, and it’s forgettable. But the sentences we carry with us are the ones that did something more. They made an ordinary moment glow. They found the strange, specific detail nobody else noticed. They gave a feeling a shape. Efficiency is for emails and instruction manuals. Stories get to be more than that. 📚 So the next time you sit down to write, try this: ♦️ Swap one plain word for a truer one. ♦️ Add one detail only your character would notice. ♦️ Read a line aloud and listen to how it sounds, because rhythm is part of the magic. Your first draft only has to exist. Your second draft is where you get to enchant. ✍️ If today’s draft feels plain, that’s okay. Come back to it and add a little magic. 💬 What’s one line you’ve written lately that you’re proud of? ❤️