by Jill Williamson | Sep 24, 2020 | Brainstorming, Discovery Writing, First Drafts, Go Teen Writers Books, Story Beginnings, Story Endings, Story Ideas, Story Middles, The Craft of Writing, Writing Life
Today is the day! We are revealing the book cover for Go Teen Writers: Write Your Novel. This is a book that Stephanie, Shannon, and I wrote for beginning writers. We know it’s hard to finish a first draft. We know it’s hard to stay motivated to write ONE...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 30, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Story Middles, Story Structure, Writing
I took a break from the series last week because it seemed right to acknowledge that all of us have likely seen some kind of shift—great or small—in our lives with the pandemic going on. If you didn’t see Shan’s post on Friday, You Can Do The Next Thing,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 16, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Story Middles
Last week, I shared the analogy of your story being like a canoe ride down a river. In the opening of your story, your character is paddling down a river they’ve traveled for a long time. This is their normal world. Out of the blue, they’re surprised by a...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 9, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Story Middles
Let’s imagine your story is like a river, and your main character is traveling down it in a canoe. When we meet your character on page one, they’ve been paddling the same way for a long time. Maybe they don’t like it, but it’s comfortable and seems safe. It’s gotten...
by Jill Williamson | Nov 7, 2018 | Dark Night of the Soul, Plot, Story Middles, Story Structure
All good stories are about a Character who changes in some way. The Character starts out believing a LIE. And through the course of the story, he tries hard to hold onto that LIE. This becomes more and more difficult as the story progresses and the Bad Guys Close In....
by Jill Williamson | Oct 24, 2018 | Antagonists, Plot, Story Middles
You guys. There is WAY too much going on in my life right now. I feel like a hamster on a wheel that someone rolled down a very steep hill. Anyone relate? Anyone? Bueller? “Hang on, Jill,” I tell myself. “Almost there.” Where...
