by Jill Williamson | Mar 4, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Characters, Go Teen Writers Book Club
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing “Dilemmas,” chapter nineteen of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James. Chapter Recap:This chapter is all about creating moral quandaries for your character. I call this clashing internal motivations. For...
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 | Feb 19, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Go Teen Writers Book Club, Story Structure
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing “Fluidity,” chapter seventeen of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James. Chapter Recap:Mr. James defines “fluidity” as “the interplay of pace, flow, narrative time, and flashbacks.” It’s basically how all the...
by Jill Williamson | Feb 12, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Characters, Go Teen Writers Book Club, Scenes and Scene Structure
Before we get into today’s chapter, I want to thank you all for your kindness and support last week. Never have I received so much encouragement all at once, and it meant a lot! Grad school has been hard for me in several ways. First, there’s a small, nagging voice...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 29, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Genres, Go Teen Writers Book Club
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing “Expectations,” chapter fifteen of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James. Chapter Recap:Readers desire and expect different things at different points in the story. They also desire and expect different things...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 22, 2020 | Book Club Posts, Go Teen Writers Book Club
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing “Believability,” chapter fourteen of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James. Chapter Recap:Today’s chapter was about whether or not your story is believable, and if not, how you can make it so. Writing...
