by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 29, 2019 | Productivity, Writing
I don’t know about you, but I’m quick to complain about all the “thieves” stealing my writing time. Thieves like potty training my three-year-old, my kids being out of school for the summer, and half my babysitters going on vacation (how dare...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 22, 2019 | The Craft of Writing, Writing Life
Last week, my three-year-old asked for chips and guacamole for lunch. You might think, “That’s not a good lunch,” but this is how cute he is, so we basically let him have whatever he wants: I pulled out avocados and Eli had a mini freak out....
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 15, 2019 | Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Mailbag, Writing Life
I think we will all relate to this email we received at Go Teen Writers that I’ll be sharing today. Since there’s a lot worth responding to, I’m going to share a few snippets of it throughout my post so that I can take time to respond to each issue:...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 8, 2019 | Characters
I’m home from Alaska, but I got in VERY late last night! This week’s post is part two of last Monday’s post. Before we talk about how to go about changing your characters at the heart level, I want to touch on how the logical path that we talked...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 1, 2019 | Brainstorming, Characters
I’m still in Alaska, so here is another post from the archives! One of the biggest struggles of starting a new story is feeling like you don’t know these characters yet. Just like how in real life there’s no way to magically understand someone the...
