by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last week when we talked about research, we focused on researching the setting, but of course many things in a book need to be researched. Like how your character’s process the world around them.You might find yourself needing to research a facet of your...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s at this point in my process – the character chart/synopsis/Scene Breakdown Spreadsheet part – that I discover things I’ll need to research.With my current WIP, I’ll need to research my setting (Healdsburg, California), the restaurant...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
So if you liked the character chart thing, my guess is the Scene Breakdown Spreadsheet will rock your writing world too.I think I mentioned this last week, but the Scene Breakdown Spreadsheet (hereafter referred to as the SBS because I don’t want to keep typing...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today’s Monday, which means you have until 11:59 pm Kansas City time to get your 100-word entries into me. Click here if you don’t know what I’m talking about. I’ll be at my computer a lot of the morning, so if you’ve sent me an entry but...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today’s post might not be a boat-floater for all of you. That’s cool. I understand that not everyone loves organizing like I do. To me, getting to organize writing stuff… Well, what could be better?So if you’re already rolling your eyes and...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
For those who might be just joining us here on Go Teen Writers, this year we’re walking through the novel writing process. There’s a tab at the top called Write Now 2011 that has details and links to the post in the series. But basically, I’m going...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Kait — Oh! I absolutely LOVE it! I'm hooked. Please write more! I think these are great, Steph, because beside's all the amazing feedback — seriously, who else gets that? — we get some great story ideas from what we've written! 🙂
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Wow, I can hardly believe the judges picked my entry!My big tip to get chosen would be to focus on emotion. That's what I have learned so far from the comments I have gotten (both on my winning entry and previous ones) there are some great articles on this sort of...
by Stephanie Morrill | Feb 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
None of my writing books talk about chapter two. Maybe there’s a reason for it, and this is an irrelevant post, but I had a few thoughts I’d like to share about what I feel has worked for me. Is it a rule? No. Do I always do this? No. But generally, I feel...
by Stephanie Morrill | Feb 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, Vanetta Chapman was nice enough to share her writing process with us. Make sure don’t miss the chance to learn from her and to win her best selling novel, A Simple Amish Christmas.We’ve talked about how to open our book and what makes a good...
