by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 15, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing, First Drafts
In last week’s post, Why You Shouldn’t Start Edits Yet, a very natural question arose in the comments section: How do you know if you should bother with editing your book? How do you know if it’s worth it? That’s a decision that only you the...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 8, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing, First Drafts
There are very few parts of my writing rhythm that I’ve hung onto from the beginning, but taking a break between writing my first draft and editing my manuscript is a big one. I first read about the idea of taking time off between a draft and edits in Stephen...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 29, 2020 | Editing, Story Structure
Jill here. I had planned to start my poetry series today, but this week has been rough. So I’m revamping an old post since it’s one I need to review for myself this week anyway. I hope it helps you too! About a month ago I turned in a book. This is a...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 15, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Editing, First Drafts, Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Go Teen Writers Book Club, Learning from Other Authors, Scenes and Scene Structure, Story Structure, The Craft of Writing
This is our final blog post for the Go Teen Writers Book Club. Chapters 24 and 25 of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James were both so short, I decided to combine them into one post. If you didn’t yet read Chapter 25, go read it right now, then come back to the...
by Jill Williamson | Feb 26, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Description, Editing, Go Teen Writers Book Club, The Craft of Writing
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing “Polish,” chapter eighteen of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James. Chapter Recap:This chapter is really about editing in the form of tightening your prose. When polishing a story, every word counts. Anything...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 15, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Editing, Go Teen Writers Book Club, The Craft of Writing
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing Causality, chapter thirteen of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James. Chapter Recap:The topic of causality, at first, seemed new to me, but once I started reading, it was all too familiar. I wrote a couple blog...
