by Jill Williamson | Jan 8, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Go Teen Writers Book Club, Scenes and Scene Structure
Now that Christmas break is over, the Go Teen Writers Book Club is back! Today we are discussing Chapter Twelve: Scenes. Chapter Recap: In this chapter, Mr. James discusses scenes. He tells us that scenes are not the same as chapters. They might be longer than a...
by Jill Williamson | Nov 20, 2019 | Book Club Posts
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing Chapter Eleven: Promises. Chapter Recap:The whole point of this chapter is to understand that the way you write makes promises to your readers, and it’s very important that you don’t break the promises you make....
by Jill Williamson | Nov 6, 2019 | Book Club Posts, Editing, First Drafts, Plot, Scenes and Scene Structure, Story Endings, Story Structure
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing Chapter Ten: Twists. Chapter Recap:Mr. James says that every great story will include a twist. He doesn’t say it “should” include a twist, but that if the story is going to be great, it “will” include one. This...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 30, 2019 | Book Club Posts
“We write both from and toward–from what has previously happened and toward the payoff for the promise we’ve made.” This was my favorite quote from the chapter, and one of my favorite takeaways from the book as a whole. Shannon did a beautiful...
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 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....
