by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 29, 2023 | Author Life, Encouragement, Learning from Other Authors, Writing Life
For many years, I’ve envied those who pursue careers with well-defined paths. If you want to be a teacher, you go to college, you get your degree in education, you log your student teaching hours, and then you start applying for teaching jobs. None of that is...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 22, 2023 | Editing, Theme
Whenever I teach about how to accept feedback from others regarding your work, I always say something along the lines of, “If it’s just one persons opinion, weigh that differently than if multiple critiquers are saying it to you.” So a few months...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 1, 2023 | First Drafts, Genres, Historical
I’ve noticed over the years that writers tend to have a genre that comes naturally to them. For me, it’s contemporary YA. Even before I knew that YA contemporary fiction existed (true story: I thought I invented the young adult genre) most of my stories came out as YA...
by Stephanie Morrill | Feb 1, 2023 | Brainstorming, Creativity, Practicing, Story Ideas, Writing Exercise, Writing Tools
If you’re a writer, it’s inevitable that you have little sparks of inspiration written down and tucked away in various places. A Google Doc where you dump story ideas. A character idea that you wrote on a napkin. A Post-it where you documented a...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 25, 2023 | Writing
Hello, writers! Every year or two, we like to offer you an opportunity to weigh in on life here at Go Teen Writers. What do you want to learn about? How do you like to learn? What are your aspirations? We care about your answers because we care about you. That’s...
