by Stephanie Morrill | May 28, 2019 | Productivity, Writing
Stephanie here. I’m away for the next couple of weeks, so I’m pulling a post from the archives for you all. If you’re doing the 100-for-100, today is day 8! Keep it up! Earlier this week, I followed a link to an article called something like,...
by Shannon Dittemore | May 24, 2019 | Encouragement, Goals, Writing, Writing Life
This post originally ran in May of last year, but as I just experienced a HUGE win with my kids, I was thinking about all the failure that led to this very specific success. And I thought it was worth discussing failure as a necessity once again. As writers, failure...
by Jill Williamson | May 22, 2019 | Author Life, Brainstorming, Goals, Productivity, Writing, Writing Life
So last week I was all: “I haven’t been able to write at all. School is keeping me busy, and there is just no time to fit it in right now.” Well, it’s amazing what a difference a week can make! As I was drowning in homework last week, I...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 20, 2019 | 100-for-100, Author Life, Encouragement, Goals, Productivity, Writing, Writing Life
Today is the beginning of the 100 words for 100 days challenge and you absolutely MUST be signed up by the end of today if you want to participate. Here’s the link to the post with details and the sign up form, and here’s a link to go straight to the form...
by Shannon Dittemore | May 17, 2019 | Scenes and Scene Structure, The Craft of Writing, Writing
As a modern fiction writer, your words have to do some serious heavy lifting. Shorter attention spans combined with endless entertainment options mean that we have a very condensed amount of time to hook a reader. On top of that, it’s just good storytelling to ensure...
by Jill Williamson | May 15, 2019 | Author Life, Encouragement, Writing, Writing Life
Jill here. It’s been a wild few weeks for me! And I must confess that I did not reach my goals for The Patternmage. 🙁 I did not finish the draft by the end of April, so I could not send it to my agent. It’s still hanging out on my computer, waiting...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 13, 2019 | Author Life, Writing Life
Last Tuesday, we shared the winners from the 100-word challenge on Go Teen Writers. Since I’m the person who sends out all the emails with the feedback, I’m the only one who gets to see all the entries as well as the responses from both the first and...
by Shannon Dittemore | May 10, 2019 | Goals, Mailbag, Writing
Today we have a fantastic mailbag question! Please keep your writing and industry questions coming. There’s a link at the bottom of our home page just for questions like this. Jill, Steph and I take turn answering them and it gives us a feel for where the...
by Jill Williamson | May 8, 2019 | Fantasy, Setting, Speculative Fiction, World Building
I’ve been slowly working on making YouTube videos of my old storyworld building posts. This week’s video post is on building a history for your world. You can read the original blog post here. Are you stuck building your world’s history? Do you have...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 7, 2019 | Writing Competitions, Writing Contests
You’re maybe tired of hearing me say this, but we are truly SO PROUD of every single person who enters one of the writing contests. Entering a writing contest feels fun and exciting for some, but scary and vulnerable for many others. We’re proud of all of...
