by Jill Williamson | Apr 19, 2023 | Dialogue, Editing, Punctuation, Tips From Editors
As I’ve been mentoring my Blood of Kings Legends authors, I’ve found myself going back to some of the things I learned from my first few editors in the publishing industry. These were the people who taught me many of the hard and fast “rules” of writing that I missed...
by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 2, 2022 | Dialogue, The Craft of Writing
Occasionally I see those word lists on Pinterest, Instagram, or even educational sites geared toward teachers or young writers: “Creative words to use instead of said.” On the list are words like exclaimed, retorted, jeered, and other jazzy words. I...
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,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 4, 2013 | Brainstorming, Dialogue, Editing, Lists for Writers, The Craft of Writing
by Stephanie Morrill We’re continuing the celebration of the Go Teen Writers book release with more free printables for you! These lists are found in the Extras section of the Go Teen Writers. They’ve been on the blog before, but we updated them for the...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 4, 2012 | Dialogue, Editing, The Craft of Writing
by Stephanie Morrill Today’s post is a revision of something I wrote around a year ago stating that said is considered to be invisible. In that post, I told you guys that in your dialogue, your characters should be saying stuff rather than exclaiming or...
