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...
by Jill Williamson | May 1, 2019 | Brainstorming, First Drafts, Mailbag, Plot, Story Structure, Writing
Before I answer today’s GTW Mailbag question, I just have to thank those of you who supported my Kickstarter. It is over this Friday, but it is not only already fully funded, we made the stretch goals to record ALL THREE AUDIO BOOKS! ♥ ♥ ♥ I am so excited, I can...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 22, 2019 | Antagonists, Characters, First Drafts, The Craft of Writing
**Today is the last day to enter the 100-word contest! Get your entries in by 9pm central. Details here.** Recently, I’ve come across something in a few different young adult and middle grade books that’s bothered me: The child character is absolutely...
by Jill Williamson | Mar 27, 2019 | Author Life, Encouragement, First Drafts, Goals, Writing Life
The weeks following my last report have been down, word-count wise. I’ve been working more hours than I thought I would, and I just haven’t been able to reach my 7500 words per week goal. I’ve been close, though, in the 6000s each time. I’m...
by Jill Williamson | Mar 6, 2019 | Author Life, Brainstorming, Editing, First Drafts, Goals, Writing
First of all… Sorry that my video wasn’t showing up last week! I messed up somewhere and the post never made it out of draft mode. I don’t know what happened other than I clicked (or didn’t click) the right thing. So if you were looking for...
by Jill Williamson | Feb 20, 2019 | Editing, First Drafts, Writing
Generally speaking, the more you write, the stronger your writing becomes. If you’re not studying the craft of what makes writing clean and powerful, however, you could develop poor writing habits, which makes more work for you during the editing stage. So, yes, you...
