#StoryCoaching helps you translate chaos into clarity. One chapter, one choice at a time. So, what’s one small way you could bring more clarity to your creative process today?

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#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #QueerAuthor

Contest winners will be announced on Monday, June 30th. Good luck, and hope I see your story description in my inbox!

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#DevelopmentalEdit #StoryCoaching #ManuscriptEvaluation #MMRomance #SapphicRomance #TransRomance #LoveIsLove #LiveYourTruth #PrideMonth2025

✅ Craft book reading (yay for self-study #ProfessionalDevelopment!)
✅ Emailed homework deadline reminder to #CozyMystery #StoryCoaching client
📝 April content creation
📝 Add more words to my WIP

#AmWriting #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #EditingSky

Here's hoping today is a better focus day than yesterday. I've got some #ProfessionalDevelopment on deck, a #StoryCoaching session for a queer cozy mystery client, and some newsletter blogs to draft. Might even get around to working on my WIP, time permitting.

#AmWriting #AmEditing

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Got a potential client to upgrade to the intermediate coaching package instead of the basic one.

Pretty major damn win this week!

#QueerRomance #CozyMystery #StoryCoaching #QueerStoryCoach #QueerAuthor

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Looking for a #ManuscriptEvaluation over the next four weeks? My calendar's empty!

I'm also booking for #DevelopmentalEdit and #StoryCoaching services for 2025!

Link in my bio!

#WritingCommunity #QueerRomance #QueerEditor #QueerAuthor #GayRomance #MMRomance #SaphicRomance #TransRomance

Ignoring Structure: When to Toss the Blueprint Tossing the blueprint can help you find the strongest version of your story.

Sometimes you just gotta break the rules. Here's to ignoring structure frameworks and character arc templates to write the #QueerRomance story YOU want to tell.

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#WritingCraft #StoryCoaching #DevelopmentalEdit #AmEditing #WritingCommunity

Character Arcs: Picking the Best One Arcs are journeys. Take your readers on the ride they won't forget.

#MMRomance character arcs give readers a tease. It's up to you to flesh those arcs out enough to fully satisfy them.

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#WritingCraft #CharacterDevelopment #QueerAuthor #QueerEditor #AmWriting #StoryCoaching #AmEditing

Lean Into (Not Away From) Queer Romance Genre Conventions My first queer romance fanfiction story took 48 hours to write, and it ended up a total of 7,051 words. Adverb overuse and prevalent head-hopping aside, I'm still quite proud of it and how it turned o...

#MMRomance tropes exist to be used. Genre conventions exist to guide authors in their drafting and revising journey. Don't fear them. Take advantage of them.

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#WritingCraft #QueerAuthor #QueerEditor #AmWriting #StoryCoaching #AmEditing

Queer Romance Conventions and Tropes Queer romance conventions and tropes aren't that different from non-queer ones. Here's how to find the best ones for your story.

#MMRomance conventions and tropes are a foundational piece of #storytelling in the genre. Authors should understand the difference between them and how to use those differences to create an engaging story.

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#writingcraft #bookpublishing #amwriting #amediting #storycoaching

What Led Me to Queer Romance Story Coaching Queer romance story coaching was not in my initial business plan. Queer fiction, editorial letters, and writing craft books put it there.

The road to queer romance story coaching wasn't all that simple for me. It was inevitable, though.

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#storytelling #fictionwriting #writingcraft #queerauthor #queereditor #storycoaching #writingcoaching #mmromance #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Not gonna lie, I'm kind of a badass.

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Finding A Queer Romance Writing Mentor - Sage Editing Your queer romance writing mentor is out there. Here are a couple mentor types to keep an eye out for.

Finding the best #mmromance writing mentor for you doesn't have to be intimidating. Here's a couple qualities based on your needs as a #fictionwriter.

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#fictionwriting #storycoaching #writingcoaching #amediting

I wrote my first educational blog in two months today. Didn't even bother checking the word count. It'll be up this Monday.

I now need stickers for all the notebooks I'm finally going to start using.

#amwriting #ampublishing #mmromance #storycoaching #queerauthor #queereditor

How to Create Character Depth Through Inner Monologue – Sage Editing Email

Here's three tips on building more well-rounded characters using their inner thoughts.

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#amwriting #writingcoaching #writingtips #storycoaching #writingcoaching #fictionwriting #amediting

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Show a character's hidden thoughts on the page.
🫣 deepest fears
🫣 most taboo thoughts
🫣 perceptions of others and themselves
Using inner dialogue (or inner monologue, whichever you're comfortable using) can be a way to leave your readers wanting for more.

#storycoaching #amwriting

✅ Final #flashfiction story of the month written and scheduled.
✅ Mom's dog vaccinated.
✅ Alpha reader feedback completed.

✒️ Monday/Tuesday social media content
✒️ Outline next 10% of my novel
✒️ Rewrite a scene from 3rd person to 1st person

#amwriting #amediting #storycoaching #writingcommunity

I love some good gossip in my dialogue.

How do you make dialogue work for your story?

#fridayfun #storycoaching #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

An amythest-filtered background with a quill and inkpot. A dotted border around a torn sheet of paper. The quote reads: "In fiction, dialogue ties with physical action in showing readers who your characters are and why they are that way.

Witty, visceral, or surface-level. Give your readers strong verbal exchanges with this week's tips on how to effectively use dialogue in your fiction.

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#thursdaythoughts #fictionwriting #storycoaching #amwriting #writingcommunity

Dark pink text on a light pink background: "The best way to discover if dialogue is working is to read it out loud." Credit: Alli Sinclair

Whether it's Microsoft Word's Read Aloud feature, a text-to-talk app, or your own voice, read your work aloud. You'll hear where dialogue is
🙄 dry
🙄 repetitive
🙄 unrealistic
If you're not entertained by your character's dialogue, your readers won't be, either.

#amwriting #storycoaching