by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Below are the other three winning entries from the 500 word free write, for your reading pleasure. (If you missed the three from yesterday, they are MUST READS and you can do that here.)Also, I’m super embarrassed to say that I left one of the honorable mentions...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Deborah Rocheleau, first place”Assurance is peace. Assurance is resolve. And it starts at an affordable $600. If your loved one is suffering from a life-threatening illness or facing a major decision, give them the gift of a definitive future. A qualified...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 14, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonThe plot of a story is simply the series of events that takes your character from the beginning of the story to the end as he chases after his story goal. By far, the most popular plot structure is the three act structure that divides a story into...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillBeginnings are tricky little buggers, and landing on the right one for your book takes planning, writing, and rewriting. Early on in my writing journey, I erred on beginning my stories too early. I gather this is a somewhat common mistake because...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 11, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonTo capitalize the name or not to capitalize? Here are the answers as per the Chicago Manual of Style.FamilyIf your character is addressing her mother, father, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, cousin, or grandparent and first uses a pronoun (my, her,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI hope everyone’s weekend was more restful than mine. Mine involved a goat trying to eat my daughter’s skirt, my son bringing me a handful of dog poop while I was in the middle of doing dishes, and the low-battery chirp thingy on the...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 7, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonA few weeks ago I wrote a post introducing rhetoric to you all. Learning to use different types of rhetoric is fun because it gives more inspiration. Spontaneous creativity is awesome, but intentional creativity is cool too. And once you learn some...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m always delighted to have Sarah Sundin on Go Teen Writers. For one thing, she’s a fabulous writer. She writes those kind of books where you want to be like, “Go away, world! I just want to be reading A Distant Memory!” She’s also an...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillWith school underway for just about everybody now, it’s common for writing time to get squeezed out. As a teen writer, I could only take a break from writing for so long. Any more than a week away from my story, and I would get irritable and...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillCongratulations to those who finalled in the 500 word contest. (Listed in alpha order):Giselle AbreuCait DrewsNicole GodardLydia Grace HartRebekah HartRachel HeffingtonCaitlin HensleySarah JarvisClare KolendaJenna Blake MorrisMacKenzie PaulineJulie...
