by Shannon Dittemore | Oct 17, 2014 | Writing
Shannon Dittemore is the author of the Angel Eyes trilogy. She has an overactive imagination and a passion for truth. Her lifelong journey to combine the two is responsible for a stint at Portland Bible College, performances with local theater companies, and a focus...
by Jill Williamson | Oct 16, 2014 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonI was so glad to meet Jennifer Jenkins, co-founder of Teen Author Boot Camp, this past September at Salt Lake Comic Con. I decided to have her on Go Teen Writers so you all could learn about her amazing teen writers conference! But first,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 15, 2014 | Writing
It’s Jill! Hello! Congrats on finishing the word war!So how did you do this past week? Add up your word counts for each day and type the grand total in the comments below. Here are our results. Remember, Stephanie and Shannon weren’t word warring. They...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 14, 2014 | Writing
by Stephanie MorrillDid you ever have a character get under your skin? If so, you’re in good company. In a letter to her sister Cassandra, Jane Austen had this to say about Elizabeth Bennett, the main character of Pride and Prejudice: “I must confess that...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 14, 2014 | Writing
Stephanie here! Can you believe it’s the last day of our word war? I can … my brain is feeling a bit fried, to be honest. I’m looking forward to a day of reading as I fly home.Here’s a recap of our day yesterday. This is us pressing on...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 13, 2014 | Writing
Shannon here. YOU GUYS! I’m nearly 200 pages into my edit and I am so excited. I’m cutting words now, trimming things up so they look all pretty, but these past few days have had such a huge impact on my story. PLUS! We’re having far too much fun for...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 12, 2014 | Writing
Jill here! How goes it?We had an awesome day yesterday. Shannon finished her book! Then she went right into editing. Stephanie has twelve pages left on her edit, and at the time of typing this post, I was at 9425 words and still going!Starbucks WiFi did not...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 11, 2014 | Writing
Stephanie here! It was so fun yesterday seeing everyone’s progress in the comments section. We’d like to be responding more but, as Shan said yesterday, we have limited WiFi access. (There’s a Starbucks in the lobby with free WiFi, so we come...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 10, 2014 | Writing
Shannon here! How did you all do yesterday? I wrote . . . wait for it . . . zero words! BUT! I did pick Stephanie up at the airport and we made the drive through rush hour traffic to our hotel in Tahoe where Jill was waiting. WE ARE READY TO WRITE! JOIN US and keep us...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 9, 2014 | Writing
Jill here! As Stephanie mentioned, today we’re kicking off a six-day word war here on the blog.Today is my travel day. I am driving to Tahoe right now. That means you all get a big head start on me! I’m looking to be settled in the hotel sometime this...
