by Stephanie Morrill | May 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Rachel CokerWriter’s block. I still find it interesting how much fear and terror can be induced into a budding author by those two words. Even just looking at them typed up on my computer gives me the shudders. Because, honestly, writer’s block is every...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
A writer asked me about building relationships between your characters, particularly characters who have met and will be growing closer over the course of the story.This is an extremely tricky pacing issue, and it’s one that glares at me in my old manuscripts....
by Stephanie Morrill | May 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s impossible.The end. Have a great day, guys!Okay, no, I do have stuff to say. It’ just not what I want to say. I really, really want to pass on to you guys some beautiful spreadsheet or something that will help you track everything your little...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI’ve had a flood of questions come in (which inevitably happens whenever I’m making a final push to get a manuscript done, and I’m in my not-touching-email-not-doing-laundry-just-focusing-on-writing zone) so I thought I’d...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillA writer emailed me to ask a great (and very difficult question) which is, “How do you teach your character new skills? How do you show them discovering abilities?”I’ll admit, I had to think about that one for a bit. The...
