👋 Start Here (Welcome!) Hello and welcome! I’m Teresa — Irish, living in Spain — and I’m a writer, editor, and English tutor. This is a calm, encouraging studio to help you draft, revise, and polish your writing (ESL writers very welcome). ✅ Do these 3 things first 1️⃣Introduce yourself below using this template: What I’m writing: Genre/goal: Writing in English as: native / ESL Biggest challenge right now: One thing I’d love help with: 2️⃣Post your goal for this month (even one sentence is perfect). 3️⃣Ask a question or jump into the Prompt of the Week. 🗂️ Where to post what 🔸Questions: anything craft, editing, structure, ESL clarity, submissions, etc. 🔸Feedback Requests: please include what kind of feedback you want (big picture / line-level / ESL clarity). 🔸Prompts & Practice: short exercises + sharing. 🤝 How feedback works here (keep it cosy) 🔸Feedback is consent-based: only give critique when someone asks for it. 🔸For public feedback, please share up to 300 words (or one short paragraph). 🔸I’ll usually reply with 1–3 practical suggestions you can try straight away. 🗓️ Weekly rhythm (simple + steady) 🔸Mon: Weekly focus + goals 🔸Wed: Prompt + share thread 🔸Fri: Office hours + wins 🔗 Handy links 🔸Community Guidelines: [LINK] 🔸Studio Bookshelf Index: 🔗 🔸Monthly 'Now Reading' thread: [LINK] 🔸Prompt of the Week: [LINK]

March 2026 ✨ This Week in the Community ✨ Hello lovely people, and welcome to this week in the community. Here's our writing week at a glance so you can easily find each day’s post. Whether you’re writing, editing, procrastinating creatively, or simply trying to stay connected to your work — you’re very welcome here. 🤍 This week’s posts: 🌿 Monday 16th March — Check-In + Writing Intentions Set your goal for the week and tell us what you’re working on. 🔗 ✂️ Tuesday 17th March — Editing Tip Tuesday A gentle editing tip and a small challenge to help sharpen your draft. 🔗 ☕ Wednesday 18th March — Midweek Motivation An honest midweek check-in: thriving, surviving, or somewhere in between. 🔗 📝 Thursday — Snippet Thread Share a line, paragraph, or piece of your work-in-progress. 🔗 🎉 Friday — Friday Wins Big wins, small wins, emotional wins — they all count. 🔗 ______________________________________________________ March 2026 MON 9th — Weekly Focus + Intentions (Building the community together): 🔗 TUE 10th — Editing Tip Tuesday (Cut the clutter): 🔗 WED 11th — Community Feedback Thread (What do you want more of?): 🔗 THU 12th — Check-in (What’s slowing you down?): 🔗 FRI 13th — Wins + Next Week Suggestions: 🔗 ______________________________________________________ March 2026 MON 2nd — Weekly Focus + Goals (Dialogue that sounds human): 🔗 TUE 3rd — Editing Tip Tuesday (Remove “on-the-nose” dialogue): 🔗

Hi! I’m Teresa — Irish, living in Spain — and I’m the person behind The Writing & Editing Studio. For work, I’m a writer, editor, and English tutor. For fun, I’m a reader, snacker, coffee drinker, crocheter, and very proud dog-mama (and servant of a very bossy cat). I help people turn rough drafts into confident, polished writing — especially writers creating in English as an additional language. I’m a member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (UK) and I have an Honours BA in Creative Writing & Literature. Over the past 30+ years, I’ve supported English learners, memoirists, fiction and non-fiction writers, and academics/professionals preparing papers, presentations, and publications in English. I’ve also ghost-written memoirs, co-edited a literary journal, and had essays, letters, and short stories published. What you can ask me for (any time) 🔸A calm second pair of eyes on clarity, flow, and wording 🔸Self-editing help (what to fix first, what to leave alone) 🔸Structure and storytelling (or structure and argument, for non-fiction) 🔸Grammar and punctuation, explained simply 🔸How to work with an editor and get the best value 🔸Motivation, routines, and getting to ‘done’ If you’re new, start with the Start Here post and introduce yourself — I’d love to know what you’re writing.