by Jill Williamson | Jun 24, 2020 | poetry
Ever felt the need to praise someone or something? Did you know that’s what the ode is all about? Odes are lyrical poems that share the author’s feelings toward a person, place, thing, or idea. Odes originated in Ancient Greece and were usually accompanied by music....
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 22, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing
I’m not going to swear that my method for editing will work for you, but it has served me well over the years. As a kid, I always thought of editing as “tidying up” whatever words I already had on the page. I’m not sure when I realized that...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 19, 2020 | Author Life, Book Proposals, Getting Published, Guest Posts, Learning from Other Authors, Writing
Do you live outside the USA or Great Britain? Are you wondering if agents, editors and publishers in those countries will still be interested in your books? As a Canadian author who has published eight novels in both the USA and England, including at least one UK...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 17, 2020 | poetry
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always thought of sonnets as love poems. As it turns out, many sonnets are about love, but sonnets can be written about other things as well. A sonnet comes from the Italian sonetto, which essentially means “little song.”...
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...
