by Stephanie Morrill | Feb 7, 2024 | Writing
Hello, Go Teen Writers community. It’s with mixed feelings today that we tell you this is our last post on Go Teen Writers for the foreseeable future. Go Teen Writers has been around since 2010 and has always been a labor of love, but fourteen years is a very...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 31, 2024 | Creativity, Elements of Fiction, Fantasy, Guest Posts, Learning from Other Authors, Plot, Speculative Fiction, Story Ideas, Story Structure, Writing
Ellen McGinty is an author and editor of Young Adult fantasy and historical fiction. She lives in the Tokyo metropolis with her husband, three boys, and a hypoallergenic cat. When not writing or editing, you can find her exploring the wilds of Japan with an abundance...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 24, 2024 | Getting Published, Guest Posts, Writing As A Business
Today, we’re thrilled to have Mara Cobb with Martin Literary Management as our guest! That means these are real tips from a real agent who reads real query letters! Here’s a little bit about Mara, followed immediately by her helpful article: After earning...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 17, 2024 | Description, Editing, Learning from Other Authors, Point of View, Writing
Becky Dean is a fan of adventures both real and fictional. She writes contemporary stories of teens finding themselves and falling in love in fun, far-off places and science fiction stories about young people traveling to new planets (and also falling in love)....
by Jill Williamson | Jan 16, 2024 | Brainstorming, Creativity, World Building
I had an amazing adventure visiting Japan over Christmas break. My husband, my son Luke, and I spent ten days exploring three cities. We visited three Nintendo stores, three theme parks, several Pokémon stores, and a bunch of other electronics stores, gaming stores,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 3, 2024 | Goals, Time Management
I’ve had an off-and-on relationship with writing goals over the years. There have been years when I set incredibly specific writing goals for myself. In January, I will do this. In February, I will do this. And so forth for the entire year. There have been other...
by Jill Williamson | Dec 20, 2023 | Brainstorming, First Drafts, Story Ideas, Writing
As a novelist, short stories have always been challenging for me. I have the tendency to overcomplicate things, and short stories need to be simple. Last year I wrote a short fiction story for a magazine. Thankfully, my editor gave me some advice about how to...
by Stephanie Morrill | Dec 13, 2023 | Author Life, Productivity, Time Management
Writing in December comes with unique challenges. Whether you have extra time on your hands (like Jill) or less time than you’re used to having (like me) there are tips in here for...
by Stephanie Morrill | Dec 6, 2023 | First Drafts, Writing
When writing a first draft of a novel, most writers tend to either write long (use more words than necessary) or write short (use too few words). You likely know which one you are. If you’re the type of writer who writes short, you’ll notice that when...
by Jill Williamson | Nov 29, 2023 | Author Life, Encouragement, Guest Posts, Learning from Other Authors, Writing
Lorie Langdon is the author of the Disney Villain series, Happily Never After, featuring the legendary villains; Ursula/Vanessa, Gaston, Yzma, Captain Hook, and the Evil Queen. Her short story ANNA and THE KING releases this November in...
