by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillThe paperback version of Go Teen Writers: How to turn your first draft into a published book is finally available! You can find it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and while it likely won’t be on the shelves of your local bookstore, they can...
by Jill Williamson | Mar 8, 2013 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonToday is our last freebie printable post day. *frown*When I start thinking about writing a new story, I think about history. I ask myself what time period might I set the story in? Even if I’m writing fantasy, and I usually am. Not all fantasy...
by Jill Williamson | Mar 7, 2013 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonToday’s freebies are all about characters. You’ve likely seen these here before, unless you’re new to Go Teen Writers. But we’ve updated these and made them printer friendly. When you’re stuck with a flat character, read...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillWe’re continuing to celebrate the release of the Go Teen Writers book (available at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and Kobo Books) with more free printables from the book’s Extras section. today’s is a list of our weasel words...
by Jill Williamson | Mar 5, 2013 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonThis is a week of FREE downloads here at GTW. Today I’m posting the three-act structure image and two story plotting charts to help you organize your story. I’ve posted different versions of all these before, but I updated them to match...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 4, 2013 | Brainstorming, Dialogue, Editing, Lists for Writers, The Craft of Writing
by Stephanie Morrill We’re continuing the celebration of the Go Teen Writers book release with more free printables for you! These lists are found in the Extras section of the Go Teen Writers. They’ve been on the blog before, but we updated them for the...
by Jill Williamson | Mar 1, 2013 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonStephanie and I have been hard at work—writing a book! You’re shocked, I know. This is no ordinary book, though. We’ve taken much of the information we’ve shared here on the Go Teen Writers blog, added a bunch more from our heads,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Feb 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Roseanna White, editor for WhiteFire PublishingSeveral of you have expressed interest in someday getting into editing, and after answering questions privately a few times on how I got into it, I thought it would be fun to chat with some of the Christian...
by Stephanie Morrill | Feb 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillLast Friday, on the Go Teen Writers Facebook Group, the topic came up of doubting one’s story, of being hypercritical of our work. How do you know when a story is good? How do you know you can stop editing and declare it done? Do the fears of...
by Jill Williamson | Feb 26, 2013 | Writing
by Jill Williamson I’m sure you’ve heard me caution you against creating a language for your spec fiction novel. But if you insist, it is kind of fun. Just make sure that your language doesn’t take over your story.I created a language...
