by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 22, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing
I’m not going to swear that my method for editing will work for you, but it has served me well over the years. As a kid, I always thought of editing as “tidying up” whatever words I already had on the page. I’m not sure when I realized that...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 15, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing, First Drafts
In last week’s post, Why You Shouldn’t Start Edits Yet, a very natural question arose in the comments section: How do you know if you should bother with editing your book? How do you know if it’s worth it? That’s a decision that only you the...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 8, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing, First Drafts
There are very few parts of my writing rhythm that I’ve hung onto from the beginning, but taking a break between writing my first draft and editing my manuscript is a big one. I first read about the idea of taking time off between a draft and edits in Stephen...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 5, 2020 | Guest Posts, Writing Voice
Aloha, everyone! I’m so excited to be joining the lovely ladies here at Go Teen Writers as a guest this summer. I’m the author of Porch Swing Girl, which I actually started as part of a GTW challenge way back in 2016. The incredible help from Stephanie, Jill, and Shan...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 1, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Writing Life
Once upon a time, when my daughter was 4, she was obsessed with the idea of getting a robot horse. McKenna was sure that a robot horse was the answer to all her problems. She thought there could be a basket underneath so that the horse could clean her room for her...
