by Jill Williamson | Feb 19, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Go Teen Writers Book Club, Story Structure
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing “Fluidity,” chapter seventeen of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James. Chapter Recap:Mr. James defines “fluidity” as “the interplay of pace, flow, narrative time, and flashbacks.” It’s basically how all the...
by Stephanie Morrill | Feb 17, 2020 | Writing
Hi, writers! No fresh post today (well, technically this is, but it doesn’t really count) but here are two quick things I want to let you know about: If you missed it last Friday, Shan revealed the cover for Winter, White and Wicked. It’s fantastic, just...
by Shannon Dittemore | Feb 14, 2020 | Author Life, Getting Published, Marketing, Writing As A Business
Good morning, friends! You’re catching me one day after revealing the cover for my October release, WINTER, WHITE AND WICKED. I’m still riding high on that fun share, so I thought we’d talk a little bit about book cover development and what that looks like from...
by Jill Williamson | Feb 12, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Characters, Go Teen Writers Book Club, Scenes and Scene Structure
Before we get into today’s chapter, I want to thank you all for your kindness and support last week. Never have I received so much encouragement all at once, and it meant a lot! Grad school has been hard for me in several ways. First, there’s a small, nagging voice...
by Stephanie Morrill | Feb 10, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, First Drafts, Story Beginnings
Previous posts in this series Make Space Actually Write Get Ready to Celebrate An Overview of Beginning to End How to Start Your Story Right I’ve talked about chapter two before in this post, and today’s is a refresh of that article with a few additional...
by Shannon Dittemore | Feb 7, 2020 | Author Life, Encouragement, Getting Published, Writing Life
About a year ago, I posted this article. As I’ve started and stopped, fallen and struggled with my current work in progress, the truths here have never felt more relevant. Rest easy, friends. We’re all learning to get back up again. For the past couple...
by Jill Williamson | Feb 5, 2020 | Writing
My friends, I’m sorry, but I needed to take a break from the book club this week. I knew that grad school would be a challenge, and this week it caught up with me. I am sitting at my desk with a homework list that is so long I just keep staring at it. I know...
by Stephanie Morrill | Feb 3, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Story Beginnings
Previous posts in this series: Make Space Actually Write Get Ready to Celebrate An Overview of Beginning to End Last week, I shared an overview of my process, and since I have pretty recently talked about developing a core sentence and blurb from my story spark,...
by Shannon Dittemore | Jan 31, 2020 | Characters, Mailbag
Tomorrow we enter the month of sweethearts and valentines and I thought this mailbag question was perfect for the occasion. Thank you for sending it over Macy! A friend and I are working on a book and we are having trouble developing a love story between two of the...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 29, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Genres, Go Teen Writers Book Club
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing “Expectations,” chapter fifteen of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James. Chapter Recap:Readers desire and expect different things at different points in the story. They also desire and expect different things...
