by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
First of all, this is a link to examples of last round’s writing prompt finalists. So if you’re interested in entering this round’s writing prompt contest, check that out to get a feel for what the judges are looking for.Moving on.Let’s take a...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
A writer e-mailed me to ask, “Do you think the first ever novel is the hardest to write? Feels like that may be because it’s overwhelming and can be frustrating.”This is a great question.Several of you have talked to me about organizing a novel and...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
The bulletin board is a semi-new tool for me in my writing.Typically, once I’ve written the blurby thing and figured out my basics, I have a couple items for my bulletin board. Sometimes it’s a picture from a magazine that looks like one of my characters....
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Hope everyone had a great weekend!So far this year we’ve talked about gathering your ideas and determining if your idea is big enough. Today we’re going to get basic and make sure we have the five essential elements of a story. This can also be considered...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
First of all, today’s the last day to enter the writing prompt contest. Entries need to be e-mailed to me by 11:59pm Kansas City time. Click here for more details on the writing prompt contest.I talked on Wednesday about gathering ideas for your novel. One last...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today is the first official day of our “Write Now” program. For those who are just joining us, in 2011, I’m detailing the steps of writing a novel. As much as they can be detailed, anyway. Writing a novel isn’t a science, and every...
by Stephanie Morrill | Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday when I talked about staying motivated with writing, or regaining motivation, something I mentioned was replenishing your inner artist. Something I do to replenish my inner artist is this: I wroodle.Oh man, this post is going to aggravate my...
by Stephanie Morrill | Dec 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
A couple days ago, a GTW (Go Teen Writer) asked about staying motivated with writing. She shared something I think we can all relate to, which is that she’ll be excited about an idea, but quickly loses interest. Anyone but me feeling her pain?Sarah Dessen, who...
by Stephanie Morrill | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
One of the best things about starting Go Teen Writers is talking to you guys about your writing projects, so I’m always thrilled when you e-mail me about what you’re working on.Katy e-mailed me a few weeks ago and shared that she and her friend Kait are...
by Stephanie Morrill | Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m pretty sure we’ve established this on here, but I like lists. You might say, I loooove lists.On Saturday, I got together with some writer friends of mine for breakfast. We were all supposed to bring a list of our goals for 2011 and I … well,...
