by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 15, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing, First Drafts
In last week’s post, Why You Shouldn’t Start Edits Yet, a very natural question arose in the comments section: How do you know if you should bother with editing your book? How do you know if it’s worth it? That’s a decision that only you the...
by Shannon Dittemore | Jun 12, 2020 | Discovery Writing, First Drafts, Point of View, Story Beginnings, The Craft of Writing, Writing
There is no wrong way to write a story, friends! We talk about that a lot here at Go Teen Writers. And while there is a lot of advice out there on how to plot out your novel, I find great joy in discovering my story as I write. So let’s talk about it. How do you...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 10, 2020 | poetry, Writing Exercise
There are so many styles of poetry. Today, I’m going to combine all the types of narrative poetry into one post, so that we aren’t talking about poems for the rest of the year! Narrative poetry are poems that tell stories. There are many examples of modern narrative...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 8, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing, First Drafts
There are very few parts of my writing rhythm that I’ve hung onto from the beginning, but taking a break between writing my first draft and editing my manuscript is a big one. I first read about the idea of taking time off between a draft and edits in Stephen...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 5, 2020 | Guest Posts, Writing Voice
Aloha, everyone! I’m so excited to be joining the lovely ladies here at Go Teen Writers as a guest this summer. I’m the author of Porch Swing Girl, which I actually started as part of a GTW challenge way back in 2016. The incredible help from Stephanie, Jill, and Shan...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 3, 2020 | poetry, Writing
As we continue our series on poetry, today brings us to the elegy. I find the timing of this topic fitting in the wake of the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor. People all over the world are angry, and rightly so. While everyone deals with...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 1, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Writing Life
Once upon a time, when my daughter was 4, she was obsessed with the idea of getting a robot horse. McKenna was sure that a robot horse was the answer to all her problems. She thought there could be a basket underneath so that the horse could clean her room for her...
by Shannon Dittemore | May 29, 2020 | Author Life, Encouragement, The Craft of Writing, Writing, Writing Life
With three books on the shelf and another on the way, you’d think I’d have a few things about the creative life figured out. But the truth is, I’m always learning. And I think that’s how it’s supposed to be. During my time on the...
by Jill Williamson | May 27, 2020 | poetry, Writing
Just as there is more than one genre of fiction, there is more than one genre of poetry. Over the next few weeks we are going to discuss several different genres of poetry. Today we are talking about free verse poetry. This, for most, is the easiest kind of poetry to...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 25, 2020 | 100-for-100
Confession: I kinda forgot about the 100-for-100 this year. Like most of you, my world got drop-kicked by Covid-19 in March, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to do all the things while all the people are home all the time. At first, I thought 100-for-100...
