by Jill Williamson | Aug 24, 2012 | Writing
Me and Susie May Warren By Jill WilliamsonLast week I got to go to my absolute favorite writer’s conference. Now, I love all writer’s conferences. I just can’t help it. But this one… it’s special. Here’s why:1. It’s mine....
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Once a month on Go Teen Writers, we’re lucky enough to have a group of authors take the time to answer a writing question. This month’s question is:What writing technique made a big difference between you being published and not published?From Marlo...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillHere you can find part one of the progressive checklist, and here you can find part two. And this time I decided to actually include the links – not just pretend I did.So. You’ve learned at least the basics of story structure....
by Jill Williamson | Aug 21, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonThis was not what I’d planned to write about this morning…I’m having a hard few weeks, that’s for certain. Ever been there? Of course you have! We all have.I know better than to save my documents. And I’ve lost them...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie Morrill(Psst – if you missed Part I, you can find it here.)First of all, a quick reminder that the 500 word writing contest is open for one more week. Get details on getting thyself entered here.Also, now that I no longer smell like campfire,...
by Jill Williamson | Aug 17, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonThis may be review for some of you. But I’d like to go over this for those of you who have some confusion about when to use a comma or period or what when writing dialogue.First of all, there are two types of dialogue tags: “said” tags and...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 15, 2012 | Writing
by Stephanie MorrillWhen my husband got serious about running, I was surprised to learn that his training plan wasn’t stuff like, “Do 5 miles on Wednesday” but rather a progressive checklist. When he accomplishes one thing – running a mile at a...
by Jill Williamson | Aug 14, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonIn Dwight Swain’s book, Techniques of the SellingWriter, he teaches about scenes and sequels. Try not to get confused. Really, a scene is a scene. But Mr. Swain is clever in explaining how types of scenes should rotate. So he calls one type of scene...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillSo while I was on vacation, snarfing roasted hot dogs and s’mores, we apparently did some growing!500 (plus!) followers – unbelievable!Totally calls for some celebrating with a new contest. This round’s contest is:A 500 word free...
by Jill Williamson | Aug 10, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonThinking about writing a short story? Wonder where you can get it published?I’ve only published about five or six short fiction stories, so I’m no expert. Many people write a short story, then go looking for someplace to sell it. But...
