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Emma Kathryn Harris

Emma Kathryn Harris

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Category: Essays

Essays, Writing Craft

What illness taught me about television and rewriting scripts

December 19, 2025December 15, 2025 Emma Kathryn Harris

Watching movies and shows to edit dialogue, plot, and character development, can help us improve our writing skills.

Tagged character development, screenwriting, writing craft, writing life
Essays, Gardens

Death, a funeral, and landscape design

November 21, 2025November 11, 2025 Emma Kathryn Harris

Saying good-bye to our gardens in the fall is painful. But reshaping the landscape is similar to our writing and editing process. How?

Tagged cosmos, gardening, writing
Essays

The butterfly bush mocks me with its beauty

October 17, 2025October 8, 2025 Emma Kathryn Harris

Surprise seeds, prankster birds, and butterflies that mock me.

Tagged butterfly bush, eastern tiger swallowtail, monarch, red-spotted purple butterfly
Essays, Health

The serenity of time

October 3, 2025September 26, 2025 Emma Kathryn Harris

Our physical and mental health needs to be a priority. Taking time to pause and care for ourselves, as well as absorb the beauty and peace around us, will also help our creativity.

Tagged mental health, nature, women's health, writing, writing life
Essays

A graceless garden dance and how the cosmos saved me

September 19, 2025September 11, 2025 Emma Kathryn Harris

A jumbled wildflower garden, graceless ballet, and how I know I’m a Vulcan.

Tagged cosmos, gardening, nature, pollinators, wildflowers, writing life
Essays, Gardens

A bird’s nest, determination, and a tug of war with moss

June 27, 2025June 19, 2025 Emma Kathryn Harris

What a bird’s determination can teach writers about not giving up.

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