by Jill Williamson | Jan 20, 2021 | Creativity, Editing, First Drafts, Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Learning from Other Authors, Plot, Writing
Last fall, my husband stumbled upon a YouTuber that he greatly enjoys. His name is Ryan George, and he makes short Pitch Meeting videos for the Screen Rant YouTube channel that make fun of the plots of popular movies. You should check them out sometime. You’ll...
by Jill Williamson | Dec 16, 2020 | Denouement, First Drafts, Story Endings, The Craft of Writing, Writing, Writing a Series
Ending your novel can be tricky. Sometimes you know the ending before you even start writing. Other times the ending might come to you naturally as you’re writing the book. Then there are the times when you have no idea when or how to end your story. Here at Go Teen...
by Jill Williamson | Nov 18, 2020 | Author Life, Discovery Writing, Encouragement, First Drafts, Learning from Other Authors, NaNoWriMo, Story Beginnings, Writing
(First, did you see I posted a giveaway blog post on Monday? If you missed it, go and enter!) Now… anyone doing National Novel Writing Month this year? I was. My goal was not so much to win (reach 50,000 words) as it was to write something totally fun—just for...
by Jill Williamson | Nov 16, 2020 | Writing
It’s just a little over two weeks until the release of our new book, Go Teen Writers: Write Your Novel, and we are ridiculously excited! In fact, we decided to do a giveaway of a paperback copy of the book. No, we don’t have our author copies yet, but by...
by Jill Williamson | Oct 21, 2020 | Characters, First Drafts, Learning from Other Authors, Story Structure
Jill here. I took a screenwriting workshop a few weeks back and learned something new and fascinating. At least I thought it was fascinating. Before we dive in, I want to remind you all that THIS Saturday, October 24 at 5:00 p,m. Pacific, Stephanie, Shannon, and I are...
