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6 Tips For Adding Description Without Slowing Your Story

6 Tips For Adding Description Without Slowing Your Story

by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 4, 2019 | Description, Writing

“How do you describe things in a story without slowing everything down” This question was asked on our 2018 survey, and it’s one that I get a lot when I teach too. Description was a struggle for me as a new writer, and it’s still an area where...

#WeWriteBooks, Post 21: Description and a the Broken Trust Cover Reveal

by Jill Williamson | Jul 20, 2016 | Description

Jill Williamson is a chocolate loving, daydreaming, creator of kingdoms. She writes weird books in lots of weird genres like fantasy (Blood of Kings and Kinsman Chronicles), science fiction (Replication), and dystopian (The Safe Lands trilogy). She’s currently...

Cut the Clutter From Your Sentences

by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 24, 2014 | Description, Editing, The Craft of Writing

by Stephanie Morrill Stephanie writes young adult contemporary novels and is the creator of GoTeenWriters.com. Her novels include The Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt series (Revell) and the Ellie Sweet books (Playlist). You can connect with her on Facebook, Twitter,...

Emotion beats in your dialogue

by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 28, 2014 | Description, Dialogue, Editing, The Craft of Writing

by Stephanie Morrill Stephanie writes young adult contemporary novels and is the creator of GoTeenWriters.com. Her novels include The Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt series (Revell) and the Ellie Sweet books (Playlist). You can connect with her on Facebook, Twitter,...

How to SHOW your story instead of telling it

by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 14, 2014 | Description, Editing, First Drafts, The Craft of Writing

by Stephanie Morrill Stephanie writes young adult contemporary novels and is the creator of GoTeenWriters.com. Her novels include The Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt series (Revell) and the Ellie Sweet books (Playlist). You can connect with her on Facebook, Twitter,...
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