Happy Monday, writers!

I’ve been away on a writing retreat all weekend with Roseanna White! This is our fourth time in the last five years of getting together for a long weekend of writing, writing, and more writing. We squeeze in some eating, and maybe a walk or two, but mostly we’re writing:

Our first full day of writing, Roseanna and I were interrupted by a crazy exciting text from Jill Williamson, who was just reading the latest issue of Writer’s Digest and sent Shannon and me this gorgeous picture:

Which she found in this gorgeous magazine:

So, to put it succinctly, our weekend was pretty awesome.

For your viewing pleasure, here’s our next episode of Go Teen Writers Live! We answer a question about plot, character, and how they work together:

If you’d like to ask us a question that we will answer live in the future, watch for opportunities to participate in writing exercises on this blog, and be sure to enter on the Rafflecopter entry form below each exercise. (Shan posted a new one last Friday, if you missed it!)

If you missed the previous episodes, the links are below. While you’re watching, be sure to click “like” and to subscribe to my YouTube channel to get notified of when new videos are available. Also, leave us a comment and/or feel free to ask further questions about the talk.

Go Teen Writers Live: Episode One

Go Teen Writers Live: Episode Two

Go Teen Writers Live: Episode Three