by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
These are three questions from three different writers, all of which I received in the last couple weeks:I’ve been working on a story for over half a year now and I’m committed to it, but I feel like I don’t “love” it enough. I think...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Don’t forget – today is the today your 100 word entries are due! Don’t miss the chance to get feedback from published authors Roseanna M. White and Christa Banister. Not sure what I’m talking about? Click here for details about the current...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m spending my morning speaking at my old middle school’s Career Day. This is my third year doing it, and I always go in feeling a bit queasy. Of course I once wore pleather pants in those hallways, so maybe the nausea is unrelated to public...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m super excited to host Lisa T. Bergren today! Ms. Bergren has authored many books, but it’s her River of Time series I want to highlight today. It’s a teen time travel series in which two girls go from modern times to medieval Italy. I love...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
One of the things I’ve noticed in my early manuscripts is I have practically zero details about the setting.Part of this is because I’ve read books that (I felt) had waaaaay too many details about the draperies and the wallpaper and such. I knew I...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Roseanna White, acquisitions editor for WhiteFire PublishingGetting an editor’s attention—and keeping it all the way through a proposal—is tough. Pinpointing the “right way” to do this is also tough. But you know what’s pretty easy? Pinpointing the wrongway to do...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m really excited about this round’s contest, and I hope you guys will be too. I’ll share what the prompt is, and then for the first time I’ll give a sample. This is a different type of prompt, so I hope an example will help clarify:NAME was...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
A writer asked me, “How do you keep stories from unfolding too quickly? I feel like my stories move too fast.”When I first started writing, my stories always moved too fast as well. Unfortunately, this isn’t one of those elements of story writing...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Rachel Coker, teen writer extraordinaire (Stephanie added that part.) Hey kids! How’s it going, pip-squeaks? Wassup, youngstas?Argh, don’t you just hate it when people (grown-ups) say things like that to you? They may think they’re being funny or...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
One of the writing fears that was brought up on the Go Teen Writers Facebook page is of blowing opportunities – a request to send a full manuscript, fumbling a verbal pitch with an editor – and not receiving a second chance.I always get nervous before...
