by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 7, 2020 | Story Ideas
I’ve been a writer for as long as I can remember, and I’ve tried many, many methods for capturing my story ideas. Index cards, 3-ring binders, OneNote, a Word Doc (which was documented here), file folders, bullet journals, sticky notes, Google Keep, etc. I...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 2, 2020 | Editing, Getting Feedback On Your Writing
**As a reminder, beginning next week, fresh content will appear on Wednesdays only. I’m pulling today’s post from the 2017 archives since we talked about finishing your manuscript earlier this week. I have never been a particularly thick-skinned person. I...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 28, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing
Before I get into today’s post, I want to let you all know that in the future, new posts will appear on Go Teen Writers on Wednesdays only. Why are we changing to posting one day a week? Because my 3 kids are on 3 different school schedules, Jill landed her...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 25, 2020 | Author Life, Encouragement, Getting Published, Guest Posts, Productivity, Writing As A Business, Writing Life
Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award nominated author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself....
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 21, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing, Scenes and Scene Structure
Let’s imagine that your manuscript as a garden. When you wrote your book, you put each seed in the soil where you imagine it should go. When finished, you took a break came back to a blooming garden (along with some weeds that somehow wound up in there!) The...
