by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 24, 2019 | Brainstorming, Characters, Writing
Because I’m currently in Alaska with my family, I’ll be pulling posts from the archives for the next couple of weeks. This one caught my eye because of our conversation a couple weeks ago about 8 Tips For Creating Meaningful Conflict In Your Stories and...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 17, 2019 | Author Life, First Drafts, Productivity, The Craft of Writing, Writing, Writing Life
Over the last few years, I’ve seen an increasing amount of excitement about writing faster. Even aside from events like NaNoWriMo (where you write 50k in the month of November) the market is crowded with books about writing fast. I searched for “Write...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 10, 2019 | Plot, The Craft of Writing
If you’ve been writing for any time at all, you probably know that if there’s no conflict in your story, you don’t have much of one. Some writers relish creating the conflict in their stories. They’re excited to kill characters, to ramp up...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 3, 2019 | Characters, Writing
Next week I’ll have a new post for you guys, but since I’ve been traveling here is another post from the archives: If you’ve been hanging around the writing world for very long at all, you’ve likely heard about the importance of having a strong...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 28, 2019 | Productivity, Writing
Stephanie here. I’m away for the next couple of weeks, so I’m pulling a post from the archives for you all. If you’re doing the 100-for-100, today is day 8! Keep it up! Earlier this week, I followed a link to an article called something like,...