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My most impactful writing lesson of 2025
The best stories are about broken patterns.
 • Hannah L. Ackerman

November 2025

I sent a draft of my book to beta readers.
Sharing manuscript progress over the past month.
 • Hannah L. Ackerman
One writing habit to become more eloquent
Write down all your opinions.
 • Hannah L. Ackerman

October 2025

September 2025

When you hit 10k in a manuscript, something changes.
We finally catch a glimpse of our potential.
 • Hannah L. Ackerman

August 2025

I don't "write for a living." I write and call it living.
The pressure to monetize is heavy.
 • Hannah L. Ackerman
My unhinged working theory on life
as a 20-something with nothing and everything to prove.
 • Hannah L. Ackerman

July 2025

June 2025

The most important lesson I learned from depression
and how it's helped me cope with new challenges.
 • Hannah L. Ackerman
The anatomy of writing an ambush scene
Finding the Write Words #1 (a series)
 • Hannah L. Ackerman

May 2025

I've started drafting my next book
and I temp-shelved the one that a bunch of people were really excited about.
 • Hannah L. Ackerman
My 'before' and 'after' the pandemic hit
and how it forced me to slow down.
 • Hannah L. Ackerman
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