One Thing Downton Abbey Can Teach Writers About Plotting

by Stephanie MorrillI watched the Downton Abbey premiere on Sunday night. It was – no surprise – wonderful and totally worth the wait. One thing that show does incredibly well is big stuff happens to the characters. Shockingly big stuff. People die. War...

Writing a Book That Will Interest Others

by Stephanie MorrillI took a video last week of Connor, my 2 1/2 year old son, brushing his teeth. It’s about 90 seconds long and follows him through his brushing and spitting, captures him pulling himself up on the counter so he can put his toothbrush away, and...

What does it mean to be a successful writer?

by Stephanie Morrill With all the normal January buzz about goals and resolutions going on, I find that this is a time of year that I have to remind myself what success is for me. If I don’t, I wind up too influenced by outside sources, and I get easily...

Go Teen Writers Contest: Great First Lines

by Stephanie MorrillI hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break full of family, friends, reading, and writing. With my husband home, I had some dedicated time to work on revisions for my upcoming release, The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet as well as time with my...

Winners from the 100 for 100 writing challenge

by Stephanie MorrillWell, yesterday and this morning have involved way more math than I signed up for when I pursued writing, but here are the results of all the number crunching:Here’s the list of amazing writers who completed the 100 for 100 challenge:Abby...