by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
A writer emailed me to ask, “I was wondering if you could do a post on turning your internal editor on. I’m thinking about entering in an original story contest…but you can’t have anyone else revise and edit it … So I was hoping you...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last week when I talked about meeting with agents and editors, I said I would talk about pitch sheets … and then I didn’t. I gave this a lot thought and decided I wasn’t sure how beneficial it would be for you guys. I’ll explain what they are,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
If you and I are having a face-to-face conversation, and you’re kind enough to say to me, “What’s your story about?” you will likely be met with a groan and some jibber jabber about a girl who is in high school and having a rough go of it. Oh,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
A reminder that your writing prompts are due by 11:59 tonight. Click here for details.A writer emailed me to ask, “How do you handle it when you have a secondary character who makes your story seem complete, but also seems superfluous. You know, when...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
If you’re reading this and thinking, “Wait, I missed part one!” you can find it by clicking here.Also, two more days to get your contest entries into me. Click here to get the details on this round’s writing prompt contest. I’m loving how...
