by Shannon Dittemore | Feb 7, 2020 | Author Life, Encouragement, Getting Published, Writing Life
About a year ago, I posted this article. As I’ve started and stopped, fallen and struggled with my current work in progress, the truths here have never felt more relevant. Rest easy, friends. We’re all learning to get back up again. For the past couple...
by Shannon Dittemore | Jan 31, 2020 | Characters, Mailbag
Tomorrow we enter the month of sweethearts and valentines and I thought this mailbag question was perfect for the occasion. Thank you for sending it over Macy! A friend and I are working on a book and we are having trouble developing a love story between two of the...
by Shannon Dittemore | Jan 24, 2020 | Author Life, Characters, Encouragement, Writing Life
I have a gold medal in puppetry. It’s not something that makes the author bio, but my years spent entertaining children taught me a lot about storytelling. Puppets are a useful tool for teaching children, and the reason is simple. One of the best ways to learn...
by Shannon Dittemore | Jan 17, 2020 | First Drafts, The Craft of Writing
Here at Go Teen Writers, we’re pretty good at encouraging you all to write at your own pace. Some of us are quick twitch writers, while others plot our novels out painstakingly before a word is written. Some of us believe that the shortest distance between two...
by Shannon Dittemore | Jan 10, 2020 | Characters, Mailbag
Welcome back, friends! Since we’re back from the holiday break we’ve got several things going on. Steph’s got a new series up and running that focuses on finishing your novel, while Jill has picked right up where she left off with the Go Teen Writers...
