@erikpatterson.bsky.social
Screenwriter: RADIO REBEL, ANOTHER CINDERELLA STORY, ABANDONED, 8 Hallmark movies. Playwright: LADCC Award for One of the Nice Ones. Your Daily Writing Prompt on TikTok. Gay, theater, books, movies. WGA member. https://stan.store/yourdailywritingprompt
Writers! #Writersky! Goodreads is doing a giveaway for my book WRITE A ROMANTASY. Enter for a free copy, then win the book, then write the next Fourth Wing using my original writing prompts (unlike any other prompt book out there). Spread this far/wide. Thnx xoxo www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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Writers! #Writersky! Goodreads is doing a giveaway for my book WRITE A ROMANTASY. Enter for a free copy, then win the book, then write the next Fourth Wing using my original writing prompts (unlike any other prompt book out there). Spread this far/wide. Thnx xoxo www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
07.10.2025 22:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I had to stop reading when the โethicistโ said writing a treatment is โbusywork.โ All these AI-apologists think of the act of creativity as a burden. The thinking we do, the time and effort we put into it, is what makes writing meaningful. Cracking the story? Thatโs where the joy comes from!
06.10.2025 02:15 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Remember that moment in Say Anything when Diane Court says she reads the dictionary for fun and she highlights all the words she has learned, and Lloyd skims through the pages and there's HIGHLIGHTS EVERYWHERE. *That* is cool in a way that no one who uses ChatGPT will ever be.
02.10.2025 02:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I was so close to getting mad. Thank you for keeping it real, Merriam-Webster. (Can I also just say I think it's time for us to bring back The Encyclopedia Britannica??)
02.10.2025 02:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I've started hearing from writers who are using the prompts in Write a Romantasy to write their own romantasy & IT'S SO EXCITING, y'all. I love that the book is inspiring writers.
In a world where creativity is being threatened every day, keep using your weird wonderful human brain to tell stories!
Ashlie Atkinson is One of the Greats. Like future EGOT level of actor. I canโt wait to see her in The Lost Bus.
20.09.2025 02:38 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.
WGA Statement on ABCโs Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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I saw Stand Up If Youโre Here Tonight at Echo Theater Company in LA (at Atwater Village Theater) and itโs wonderful. An antidote to all the toxicity of <waves arms around> everything. A play about connection that makes you feel more connected to people in the room. AND itโs only 60 minutes long! Go!
14.09.2025 06:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
#WriterSky: ever get writers block? If you're stuck on your romantasy, check out my new book WRITE A ROMANTASY: 99 WRITING PROMPTS TO CRAFT A TALE OF HEART + HEROISM. It's the definitive writing tool for #Romantasy writers. It will get you writing! Share with friends!
www.amazon.com/Write-Romant...
We need more romance in the world! Write a romantasy with the help of my book Write a Romantasy. Itโs full of prompts (the good kind that use your brain) that will inspire new stories and/or help you access the ideas that have been waiting to come out of your head. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DZ...
11.09.2025 03:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Writers: if you need inspiration, if you dig body doubling, and if you could use some accountability, check out the zoom writing sprints I host 2x a week.
YOUR WEEKLY WRITING SPRINT
is a gently-guided writing sprint where writers at any level can hone their craft while building creative community.
All subscribers get access to every Sprint. Come as often as you can. After every Sprint, you will receive the writing prompts via email. (Thatโs 16 original fiction and journaling prompts emailed to you twice a week.)
As long as youโre writing, youโre doing it right. #WriterSky #writers
We meet on Zoom and feed off each otherโs creative energy as we silently write together.
Sprints are held every Wednesday 6-8 p.m. & every Sunday 12-2 p.m. (PST) HOW TO JOIN Subscribe patreon.com/erikpattersโฆ. Itโs $5 a month, $20 a month, or $52 a month. Whichever tier you can afford.
Writers: if you need inspiration, if you dig body doubling, and if you could use some accountability, check out the zoom writing sprints I host 2x a week.
YOUR WEEKLY WRITING SPRINT
is a gently-guided writing sprint where writers at any level can hone their craft while building creative community.
We need more romance in the world! Write a romantasy with the help of my book Write a Romantasy. Itโs full of prompts (the good kind that use your brain) that will inspire new stories and/or help you access the ideas that have been waiting to come out of your head. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DZ...
11.09.2025 03:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0ANGELINOS. I'm told there are only a few tickets left for my writing workshop book signing for WRITE A ROMANTASY. Tomorrow night Thurs Sept 4. Ticket includes copy of the book! www.therippedbodice.com/events-and-t...
#FantasyIndiesSeptember #Booksky #Writesky #WritersCommunity #Authorsky #readers
AI is bad at customer service. Full stop. It totally sucks. Every company that uses AI for customer service is creating a worse experience for consumers/customers/clients and ultimately make their company less valuable. Is the cost cutting worth it?
03.09.2025 19:06 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0There are 79 working days left in 2025. If you write 1 1/2 pages a day, every working day, you can finish a script before New Years. If you write 3 pages a day, you could complete a novel.
1000 words a day, roughly 4 pages, and you could write three scripts.
A page at a time comes together quickly
Thank you @writersdigest.bsky.social for asking me to write about my new book WRITE A ROMANTASY: 99 Writing Prompts to Craft a Tale of Heart & Heroism. I wrote 3 original prompts for WD to give some flavor of what you'll find in the book. #WriterSky #Romantasy
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No one told me that the best part of your bookโs birthday/publishing day is getting selfies from your friends letting you know their pre-order came in ๐ญ๐ฅฐ. My heart is full! Excited to see whatโs next for *WRITE A ROMANTASY: 99 Writing Prompts to Craft a Tale of Heart and Heroism* now that itโs out.
28.08.2025 04:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Some people will say Romantasy has a formula: there needs to be x percentage of romance and y percentage of fantasy, but my brain doesnโt visualize like that! I think itโs fine for the genre to be a little fluid in terms of which side a book leans towards. But romance is more character-revealing!
28.08.2025 06:26 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thank you! The way I see it, romance is the emotional core of romantasy, so with the prompts in my book I always started with romance as the baseline. Fantasy elements can be so wildly varied from book to book, so that comes second. But every prompt includes romance and fantasy elements to inspire.
28.08.2025 06:13 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Yes, but not in the way you're thinking! A ton of tropes inspired my book because it's a craft book. It's writing prompts organized by different romance/fantasy/romantasy tropes to help writers spark new ideas, develop existing ideas, and get to the words "the end" on your next romantasy novel.
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No one told me that the best part of your bookโs birthday/publishing day is getting selfies from your friends letting you know their pre-order came in ๐ญ๐ฅฐ. My heart is full! Excited to see whatโs next for *WRITE A ROMANTASY: 99 Writing Prompts to Craft a Tale of Heart and Heroism* now that itโs out.
28.08.2025 04:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Thank you, Sara!!
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It's my publication day! Write a Romantasy is OUT!
Can you help me celebrate by literally telling every person you know to buy the book? ๐ฅน Thank you!
And if you don't see it on the shelves of your local book store, ask them to stock it! #writersky
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Write-...
Thank you for the reminder, Amazon. xo
www.amazon.com/Write-Romant...
My book is in stores TOMORROW!!! ahhhhhhhhhhh #writersky www.simonandschuster.com/books/Write-...
25.08.2025 18:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Angelinos, come to my book signing / writers workshop at The Ripped Bodice in Culver City on Sept 4th! Your ticket includes a copy of Write a Romantasy. #WriterSky Tickets here: www.therippedbodice.com/events-and-t...
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