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...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 27, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel
Previous posts in this series: Making Space, Actually Writing, and Get Ready to Celebrate. As we turn our attention away from the mental prep required to finish a novel toward the actual writing of our novel, many questions open up about “the best” place to start....
by Shannon Dittemore | Jan 24, 2020 | Author Life, Characters, Encouragement, Writing Life
I have a gold medal in puppetry. It’s not something that makes the author bio, but my years spent entertaining children taught me a lot about storytelling. Puppets are a useful tool for teaching children, and the reason is simple. One of the best ways to learn...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 22, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Go Teen Writers Book Club
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing “Believability,” chapter fourteen of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James. Chapter Recap:Today’s chapter was about whether or not your story is believable, and if not, how you can make it so. Writing...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 20, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel
We’re leaving softball practice, and I already know what the conversation is going to be like on the drive home. Sure enough, my fourth grader talks for several minutes about all the different ways she’s going to practice this week to get ready for Wednesday’s game....
by Shannon Dittemore | Jan 17, 2020 | First Drafts, The Craft of Writing
Here at Go Teen Writers, we’re pretty good at encouraging you all to write at your own pace. Some of us are quick twitch writers, while others plot our novels out painstakingly before a word is written. Some of us believe that the shortest distance between two...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 15, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Editing, Go Teen Writers Book Club, The Craft of Writing
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing Causality, chapter thirteen of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James. Chapter Recap:The topic of causality, at first, seemed new to me, but once I started reading, it was all too familiar. I wrote a couple blog...
