by Shannon Dittemore | Jan 10, 2020 | Characters, Mailbag
Welcome back, friends! Since we’re back from the holiday break we’ve got several things going on. Steph’s got a new series up and running that focuses on finishing your novel, while Jill has picked right up where she left off with the Go Teen Writers...
by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 18, 2019 | Antagonists, Book Proposals, Brainstorming, Characters, Mailbag, Synopsis
As I mentioned last Wednesday, this is our last week of blogging here on Go Teen Writers until January. This website is a labor of love for all three of us, and we need time away to learn and be creative without simultaneously producing content. “Nothing in...
by Shannon Dittemore | Nov 8, 2019 | Mailbag, Writing, Writing Life
Thank you again for responding to my Instagram plea and sending in questions. I love these quick hits! I’ve chosen four questions to answer, but please keep sending them over. There’s a form on the website here if you scroll to the bottom and we’ll...
by Shannon Dittemore | Sep 13, 2019 | Mailbag, Writing
I have something new for you all, but REALLY, you helped create it. Yesterday, in a desperate attempt to come up with a blog topic, I sent out a call for writing questions on Instagram. Boy, did you all respond! THANK YOU for that. Many of the questions felt like they...
by Shannon Dittemore | Sep 6, 2019 | Author Life, Mailbag, The Craft of Writing, Writing, Writing Life
It’s another Go Teen Writers Mailbag! And today we have a heartfelt question surrounding an issue many of us have pondered at one point or another. Charlie asks: Do you have any tips on writing deep, moving scenes in your novel, while avoiding being preachy or...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 12, 2019 | Contemporary, Historical, Mailbag, Setting
The topic of settings, specifically the benefits of creating a fake town versus using a real one, was brought up on the Go Teen Writers Community Facebook Group by Michaella. She’s writing a story set in the 1970s and has a real small town in mind for her...
