by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Roseanna White, editor for WhiteFire Publishing5 Ways to Be… I admit it–I was a teacher’s pet. It wasn’t that I tried to be–I didn’t suck up to the teachers or bring them apples. I just did what I was supposed to do. And...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI used to be a pantser, which is a writer who doesn’t plot, who just writes “by the seat of their pants.” I had tried a time or two to plot out my stories, but after a few chapters of writing, I would come up with something I...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillWe all know that our main character’s need to change over the course of a story. Otherwise, what was the point of it all? But a lovely writer in the Go Teen Writers Facebook group asked about how to show that the character has developed...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Jessica StarickaA couple weeks ago, Jill Williamson had a great post on circularity! I mentioned in the comments the idea of making one big list of all the pieces of a story, and then trying to bring about finality to each item. Next thing I knew, I was booked for...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillMany of you have been asking when you can start signing up for the 100 for 100 challenge, and today’s the day! For those of you who are new to Go Teen Writers, we did this challenge last September, and it was quite popular.Here’s how it...
