by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
The subject of submitting manuscripts to publishers/literary agents has come up on the comments section on here pretty often. Which is awesome. I love seeing so many motivated writers!I can’t read everybody’s work. I really, really wish I could because I...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
A writer e-mailed me to ask, “What does your writing routine look like?”I talked about my writing process last Thursday, so in answering today’s question, I’ll focus on my time allotment.And actually, I’ll split it into two...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m a list girl. I love being able to check something off my list, marking it as DONE.Something I asked a lot as I wrote my first couple manuscripts was, “When do I get to be done?” Because the process can feel never ending, can’t it?...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
A writer wrote to me and asked, “Is it really that difficult to be a published author? Do you have to pay for printing and such? What does being a published author entail exactly, and what sort of stuff do you have to do besides write what your agent wants or...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
Last Thursday, we talked about the internal and external of scenes. (Click here to see that post.)While each scene needs internal and external action, so does the overall story. The way to successfully do this is to examine your main character and give them an outer...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
This question has been covered here before (click here to see the original post), but I received an e-mail last week from a writer saying that it’s her number 1 dream to be published as a teenager, and she wanted to know if I had advice.Last time I talked about...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
Sometimes I read scenes in my manuscripts and think, “Um … no. Something isn’t working.”More times than not, the problem is that I’ve only written one “layer” of the scene.All scenes need to have an internal and an external....
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Here’s a hint – the answer isn’t “So I’ll get published.”I think on some level we all know publication might not be in the cards for us. That’s a frustrating thought, isn’t it? We yearn to share our writing. I...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
A writer e-mailed me to ask “What do you use to form your characters into individuals that you know everything about?”Excellent question. Especially since these days I actually have an answer for that.Lots of writers swear by those character profile forms...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Here in Kansas City, school is getting ready to start. As a student, this was always a favorite time of mine. The new packets of paper, the flawless folders, the clean notebooks. I loved that I hadn’t flunked anything yet, or humiliated myself in gym class, or...
