by Jill Williamson | Sep 11, 2019 | Book Club Posts, First Drafts, Learning from Other Authors, Story Beginnings
We are in week two of the Go Teen Writers Book Club. I’m enjoying this book so far and hope you are too. Let’s jump right into things today, shall we? Story Trumps Structure, Chapter 2: Orientation Chapter Recap: Mr. James is talking about story openings in this...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 4, 2019 | Book Club Posts, First Drafts, Plot, Story Structure
Today kicks off the first day of the Go Teen Writers Book Club. I’m so excited to read a craft book with all of you. First, a couple items of business. The winner of a copy of My Day at Disney is Adaline Griffiths. Congrats! Also, I haven’t given you a Jill Report in...
by Shannon Dittemore | Aug 23, 2019 | Brainstorming, First Drafts, Plot
I’m not an outliner. The very idea of making decisions on behalf of my characters before I hear their voices in my head makes me itch. I write to find these things out. To do it any other way feels like planning out all my rest stops on a road trip–a waste of time....
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 5, 2019 | First Drafts, Mailbag, Productivity, Writing, Writing Life
“Its been about a year that I’m working on one story and I’ve just written five chapters. How do I write better and faster?” This question came to us from the Go Teen Writers website, and it’s a fantastic one. Here’s the very short...
by Jill Williamson | Jul 3, 2019 | Author Life, Fantasy, First Drafts, Story Structure
Jill here. I hope you are all having an amazing summer. I am. Even though it’s a very busy summer. Learning is always fun for me, and I am greatly enjoying my master’s degree program. I finished my first two classes already and am two weeks into my second...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 17, 2019 | Author Life, First Drafts, Productivity, The Craft of Writing, Writing, Writing Life
Over the last few years, I’ve seen an increasing amount of excitement about writing faster. Even aside from events like NaNoWriMo (where you write 50k in the month of November) the market is crowded with books about writing fast. I searched for “Write...
