by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 25, 2023 | Writing
Hello, writers! Every year or two, we like to offer you an opportunity to weigh in on life here at Go Teen Writers. What do you want to learn about? How do you like to learn? What are your aspirations? We care about your answers because we care about you. That’s...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 18, 2023 | Goals, Learning from Other Authors, Writing As A Business
Many of you have likely heard my publication story, how the first time I pitched my book, I bombed big time? The speaker had just taught how to write a logline, and I ignored everything he said. If that wasn’t bad enough, I was pitching him a book that...
by Shannon Dittemore | Jan 11, 2023 | Elements of Fiction, Setting, The Craft of Writing, World Building, Writing
Today, we’re going to dive back into our series focusing on the Five Elements of Fiction, but first things first! Yesterday, my newest book, REBEL, BRAVE AND BRUTAL, hit shelves! It’s the sequel to my 2020 release, WINTER, WHITE AND WICKED and it feels so...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 4, 2023 | Editing, First Drafts
Happy 2023! I’m freshly home from lovely Gulf Breeze, Florida, so I’m feeling good about the new year! I kinda wanted to talk about goals today because . . . well, because I’m me. I love talking about goals at any time of year, but the energy in...
by Stephanie Morrill | Dec 28, 2022 | Writing
We are enjoying holiday festivities and will be back next week! In the meantime, here are some of our favorite posts from 2022! In Development: In this post, Jill talks about her newfound strategies for dealing with the abundance of story ideas she has. Understanding...
by Jill Williamson | Dec 21, 2022 | Brainstorming, Creativity, Fantasy, Setting, World Building, Writing Tools
If you missed the first two posts in this series, you can check them out here: Geography for Worldbuilding, Part OneGeography for World-Building, Part Two: Climate, Weather, and Biomes When I drew my very first fantasy map, I knew it needed water. My world was a...
by Shannon Dittemore | Dec 14, 2022 | Author Life, Live Events, Writing
Hello all! Shannon here with a special invitation. To celebrate the release of my newest book, REBEL, BRAVE AND BRUTAL, Steph, Jill, and I are going to throw an online celebration, and we wanted to invite the Go Teen Writers crowd first! The evening will include some...
by Stephanie Morrill | Dec 7, 2022 | Encouragement, Getting Published, Practicing, Writing Life
I read a story in Atomic Habits by James Clear that changed how I think about writing. A professor at the University of Florida named Jerry Uelsmann divided his photography class into two groups. Half the class would be graded on how many photographs they turned in....
by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 30, 2022 | Encouragement, Writing Life
(A version of this post was originally published October 9, 2017) I have a love/hate relationship when it comes to talking about my mistakes. What I don’t love: The vulnerability. I’ve taught classes based on my writing mistakes, which seems like a fabulous...
by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 23, 2022 | Writing
It’s Thanksgiving season here in America. As cliche as it may sound, one of my favorite things we do at our Thanksgiving table is share something from the last year that we’re thankful for. (I especially love hearing what my kids say. My older two...
