by Shannon Dittemore | Oct 14, 2020 | Author Life, Live Events, Writing, Writing Life
UPDATE! Registration for this event is now closed! Thank you all so much. We’ll see you tonight. My fourth published novel, WINTER, WHITE AND WICKED, released this week, friends! It’s been seven years since my last book hit shelves, so this is an occasion...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 7, 2020 | Story Ideas
I’ve been a writer for as long as I can remember, and I’ve tried many, many methods for capturing my story ideas. Index cards, 3-ring binders, OneNote, a Word Doc (which was documented here), file folders, bullet journals, sticky notes, Google Keep, etc. I...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 2, 2020 | Editing, Getting Feedback On Your Writing
**As a reminder, beginning next week, fresh content will appear on Wednesdays only. I’m pulling today’s post from the 2017 archives since we talked about finishing your manuscript earlier this week. I have never been a particularly thick-skinned person. I...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 30, 2020 | Characters, First Drafts, Writing
Have you ever noticed how there are many side characters who are cooler than the hero? I don’t know why this is. Perhaps it’s because the hero is meant to portray the “everyday man,” and we’re all flawed. Let me give you some examples....
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 28, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing
Before I get into today’s post, I want to let you all know that in the future, new posts will appear on Go Teen Writers on Wednesdays only. Why are we changing to posting one day a week? Because my 3 kids are on 3 different school schedules, Jill landed her...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 25, 2020 | Author Life, Encouragement, Getting Published, Guest Posts, Productivity, Writing As A Business, Writing Life
Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award nominated author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself....
by Jill Williamson | Sep 24, 2020 | Brainstorming, Discovery Writing, First Drafts, Go Teen Writers Books, Story Beginnings, Story Endings, Story Ideas, Story Middles, The Craft of Writing, Writing Life
Today is the day! We are revealing the book cover for Go Teen Writers: Write Your Novel. This is a book that Stephanie, Shannon, and I wrote for beginning writers. We know it’s hard to finish a first draft. We know it’s hard to stay motivated to write ONE...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 23, 2020 | Brainstorming, First Drafts, Scenes and Scene Structure, Story Structure, Writing
An outline is a general plan. For a novel, that can be as simple or as in-depth as you want. Some writers outline every single scene of their novel before they write. Some only outline a little bit. Some write a synopsis as an overview of the story they’re planning to...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 21, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing, Scenes and Scene Structure
Let’s imagine that your manuscript as a garden. When you wrote your book, you put each seed in the soil where you imagine it should go. When finished, you took a break came back to a blooming garden (along with some weeds that somehow wound up in there!) The...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 18, 2020 | Brainstorming, Characters, First Drafts, Learning from Other Authors, Plot, Story Beginnings, Story Ideas, Story Structure
Brainstorming: Idea and Genre My stories always begin with a kernel of an idea. Something I’m intrigued by or curious about. When I’m in that early brainstorming phase, I tend to carry a notebook around with me everywhere. I try to come up with an original premise,...
