by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 2, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel
I had an email a few weeks ago from a writer named Taylor asking: “I am writing a story that I love, but I keep going off track and getting stuck at points . . . I don’t want to give up on my story. Do you have any advice to make the story more fun and...
by Stephanie Morrill | Feb 24, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Characters
I spent my weekend in charming Fredericksburg, Texas at the National Museum of the Pacific War honoring the Day of Remembrance. This day commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, which authorized the government to put the Japanese Americans into...
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 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 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 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....
