by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 28, 2021 | Author Life, Guest Posts, Time Management
Taylor Bennett is a Jesus-loving, world-traveling lover of books, words, and stories. Receiving her first publishing contract at the age of seventeen, she seeks to inspire other young women to reach for their own God-given dreams and do the impossible through Him....
by Jill Williamson | Apr 21, 2021 | Author Life, Encouragement, Getting Published, Self-Publishing, Writing As A Business, Writing Life
In 2016, here on Go Teen Writers, I wrote a series called #WeWriteBooks. I spent the majority of that year, sharing with you all my process of creating a book from concept to completion. You can find a list of those writing posts by clicking here. Being a visual...
by Shannon Dittemore | Apr 14, 2021 | Writing
Have you ever thought about what makes a good villain? I think about it all the time. One of my absolute favorites is Moriarty from the BBC series Sherlock. The actor has filled out the role in compelling ways, to be sure, but it’s more than that. It’s the writing....
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 7, 2021 | Encouragement, Mailbag, Writing Life
I loved this question that came in from Cate. She said she wants to learn more about writing while she’s on her summer break, but she has zero budget. What can she do? How can she put together some form of a writing curriculum without spending money? Habitual,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 31, 2021 | Creativity, First Drafts, Guest Posts
I’m so excited for today’s guest, Emilie Hendryx! If you don’t already know Emilie from Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/createexploreread/) now is the time to get to know her. Back in the summer, when I heard Emilie was planning to blog a book...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 24, 2021 | Encouragement, Writing Life
“If you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you’ll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you’re done. Conversely, if you get 1 percent worse each day for one year, you’ll decline nearly down to zero. What starts as a small...
by Jill Williamson | Mar 17, 2021 | Editing, Grammar, Punctuation, The Craft of Writing, Writing Tools
Today I’m going to get nitty-gritty with some English grammar. A few years back I did a series of these types of posts that I called Punctuation 101. This led to my little book Punctuation 101. So, if you’re curious, check out some of those posts....
by Shannon Dittemore | Mar 10, 2021 | Grow An Author, Plot, Story Beginnings
Stephanie here. Shannon is in the middle of a move (and a book deadline . . . pray for Shannon!) so we’re pulling a post from the archives on her behalf. This post originally ran in 2018, but it’s definitely worth reading again. The promises you make to...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 3, 2021 | Story Beginnings
We’ve talked before on Go Teen Writers about what a prologue is, how tricky they are to use correctly, and that some readers skip them altogether. Here are links to those posts: #WeWriteBooks, post 15: Prologues Does My Book Need a Prologue? But what about if...
by Stephanie Morrill | Feb 24, 2021 | Guest Posts, The Craft of Writing
Gillian Bronte Adams is the horse-riding, wander-loving epic fantasy author of THE SONGKEEPER CHRONICLES and a YA trilogy coming 2021, rarely found without coffee in hand and rumored to pack books before clothes when she hits the road. Years of working in youth...
