by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 28, 2020 | Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Guest Posts
Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award nominated author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself....
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 | Jul 17, 2019 | Editing, Encouragement, Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Grow An Author, Learning from Other Authors
I’m in grad school to become an elementary teacher. Last week in my Literature class, I learned how to do reading and writing assessments for my students. I found the whole experience rather fascinating. Being a writer myself, I knew I’d need to critique...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 15, 2019 | Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Mailbag, Writing Life
I think we will all relate to this email we received at Go Teen Writers that I’ll be sharing today. Since there’s a lot worth responding to, I’m going to share a few snippets of it throughout my post so that I can take time to respond to each issue:...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 18, 2019 | Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Learning from Other Authors, The Craft of Writing, Writing, Writing Life
Confession: I dread when I’m asked about author voice at writing conferences. I always trip all over my words, and I usually find myself talking in circles. My answer is always convoluted with so many half-baked thoughts that I’m sure I’ve never...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 28, 2019 | Editing, Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Getting Published, Plot, Story Structure, Writing, Writing Life
Looking for the earlier posts? Click here for part one and click here for part two. The last couple weeks we’ve been addressing the question, “How do you know if your book works as a whole?” Links for parts one and two are up above, but as a very...
