Hey everybody, this is Erin, and I've got a question for you.

What have you learned from writing excuses that you use in your own writing?

Now, we talk a lot about tools not rules, which means there are things that we're going to say that you're going to be like, yes, that is for me.

That's the tool I'm going to use in my next project. And there are others that you're going to be like, I, that is for me. That's the tool I'm going to use in my next project.

And there are others that you're going to be like, I'm going to leave that to the side.

And what we want to know is which of the things that we're saying have really worked for you?

What's the acronym you're always repeating? What's the plot structure you keep coming back to? What's a

piece of advice that has carried you forward when you've been stuck in your work, or that you've been

able to pass on to another writer who's needed advice or help? However you've used something that

you've learned from us, we want to know about it and we want to share it with the

broader community. Every month, we're going to put one of your tips or tricks or tools in the

newsletter so that the rest of the community can hear, how have you actually taken something that we've

talked about and made it work for you? And I'm

personally just really excited to learn about these because a lot of times y'all take the things that

we say and use them in such ingenious and interesting ways to do such amazing writing that I'm

just like chomping at the bit to get in these tools and

tips and share them with everybody else. So if you're interested, please go to our show

notes and fill out the form there and be part of this project and just share with us what

you're doing, what you've learned, and how you're using it so that we can

share with everybody else. Really excited again to get all this in because honestly, what we say

is made real and important and meaningful by what y'all do with it. With that, you are out of excuses.

Now go tell us what works for you.

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