by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 22, 2018 | Brainstorming, First Drafts, Writing Competitions
While November is officially National Novel Writing Month, October is unofficially prep-your-novel-for-NaNoWriMo month. If you’re not familiar with it, NaNoWriMo is an international event where you “win” by writing 50,000 words during the month of...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 15, 2018 | Editing
Jill and I are super excited to announce that we are releasing a REVISED AND UPDATED version of our popular 2013 release Go Teen Writers: How To Turn Your First Draft Into a Finished Book! The new title is Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel, and will be available for...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 8, 2018 | Editing, First Drafts, Grow An Author
For the past couple weeks, we’ve been talking about story middles. Shannon talked about how in the middle you often find cracks in your masterpiece, and fixing character problems that crop up. I talked about creating a big midpoint scene, and the structure of...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 1, 2018 | First Drafts, Grow An Author, Story Structure
Last week, I talked about the middle of your story, and the difference in your main character at the 25%-50% part of Act II, and the 50%-75% part of Act II. (Sometimes it’s easier for me to think of it as Act II A and Act II B when I’m brainstorming my stories.)...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 24, 2018 | First Drafts, Grow An Author
I am really looking forward to getting back to our series on crafting a novel and “growing an author,” as Shannon so artfully put it. It’s been a while—since May, to be specific—so let’s review what I’ve covered so far in my story crafting process. I...
