by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 16, 2019 | Book Club Posts
Welcome to book club! Jill is hard at work on a school assignment this week, so I’m filling in as hostess. If we were all gathered in my living room–which I would love, by the way–I would start our gathering by reading this quote from the chapter:...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 14, 2019 | Story Ideas, Writing Exercise
Hey, writers! If you participated in the story idea challenge this last week, how did it go? I was pretty good about not censoring my ideas, so I walked away from the week with four “story sparks.” There was nothing so amazing that I thought “I have...
by Shannon Dittemore | Oct 11, 2019 | Writing Life
This week I’m barreling toward a deadline, and I need every minute of my work sessions to get there. I’m sorry I don’t have anything new for you, but you’re all writers and I know you understand. Wishing you all the best with your writing....
by Jill Williamson | Oct 9, 2019 | Book Club Posts, Characters, Go Teen Writers Book Club
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing Chapter Six: Change. Chapter Recap: Mr. James talked about the difference between putty people and pebble people. The events of the story cause putty people to change, while pebble people remain unchanged....
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 7, 2019 | Creativity, Story Ideas, Writing Exercise
I realized recently that I have a lot of story ideas that I dismiss immediately. I’ll feel a bit of curiosity about a topic or a question, I’ll allow myself about 30 seconds to ponder “What if?” but then I start shutting the idea down with...
by Shannon Dittemore | Oct 4, 2019 | Characters, Description, Editing, First Drafts, The Craft of Writing, Writing
A couple weeks back, I put out a call for writing questions through our Go Teen Writers Instagram account. Oodles of you responded and I was able to answer several of those questions in a quick hits post. A few of the questions required a longer reply, and so today, I...
by Jill Williamson | Oct 2, 2019 | Book Club Posts, Characters, Climax, Dark Night of the Soul, Go Teen Writers Book Club, Story Structure
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing Chapter Five: Discovery. Chapter Recap: A story is a journey in which the protagonist travels from one place in time, location, or relationship to another. Along the way he encounters various struggles,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Sep 30, 2019 | Author Life, Book Proposals, Writing As A Business
Since we talked about hook sentences last week, it only seemed natural to address back-cover copy today. Like a hook sentence, your back-cover copy is a tool for selling your book. If you are traditionally publishing, this copy sells your book first to agents and...
by Shannon Dittemore | Sep 27, 2019 | Writing Exercise
Today, we’re revisiting one of our most popular writing exercises! If you’ve participated in this one before, don’t worry. It’s different every time. And to the many new faces, WELCOME! I hope you enjoy this exercise. Here’s how it works:...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 25, 2019 | Book Club Posts, Go Teen Writers Book Club, Story Structure, The Craft of Writing
Some of you might have seen that I released the book cover for Thirst yesterday. If you haven’t seen it, I wanted to post the cover here to celebrate with you all since I wrote that book as part of this blog during the #WeWriteBooks year. So here it is! What do...
