by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 5, 2022 | 100-for-100
This year, we had an amazing 72 writers finish the 100-for-100 writing challenge! WOW. I lost track of how many emails i received saying things like, “I had been in a writing slump and this challenge broke me out of it.” Or, “I had no idea I was...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 7, 2022 | Characters, Mailbag
A while back, I asked our community, “If you had a writing mentor, what kinds of questions would you ask them?” In today’s post, I’ve culled a selection of your questions about characters to answer: “What are some good ways to develop...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 31, 2022 | Story Structure
(If this post sounds familiar, it’s because I’ve adapted it from one written in 2013. My daughter is now a freshman in high school and no longer watches Tangled obsessively. Thank you in advance for offering your condolences.) I love the...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 17, 2022 | Creativity, First Drafts
If you have spent much time hiking in national parks or government protected land, you may have noticed signs like these: These are areas where the park is being intentional about regrowth. The land can still flourish, but not if a bunch of us are traipsing around on...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 3, 2022 | Characters
We’re back! It has been a hectic couple of months at the Morrill household, full of summer camps, sports, and travel. Most of the summer camps on our schedule were for my kids, but I got in on the summer fun by being a speaker at the One Year Adventure Novel...
