by Jill Williamson | Nov 6, 2019 | Book Club Posts, Editing, First Drafts, Plot, Scenes and Scene Structure, Story Endings, Story Structure
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing Chapter Ten: Twists. Chapter Recap:Mr. James says that every great story will include a twist. He doesn’t say it “should” include a twist, but that if the story is going to be great, it “will” include one. This...
by Jill Williamson | Oct 2, 2019 | Book Club Posts, Characters, Climax, Dark Night of the Soul, Go Teen Writers Book Club, Story Structure
Today on the Go Teen Writers Book Club, we’re discussing Chapter Five: Discovery. Chapter Recap: A story is a journey in which the protagonist travels from one place in time, location, or relationship to another. Along the way he encounters various struggles,...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 25, 2019 | Book Club Posts, Go Teen Writers Book Club, Story Structure, The Craft of Writing
Some of you might have seen that I released the book cover for Thirst yesterday. If you haven’t seen it, I wanted to post the cover here to celebrate with you all since I wrote that book as part of this blog during the #WeWriteBooks year. So here it is! What do...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 4, 2019 | Book Club Posts, First Drafts, Plot, Story Structure
Today kicks off the first day of the Go Teen Writers Book Club. I’m so excited to read a craft book with all of you. First, a couple items of business. The winner of a copy of My Day at Disney is Adaline Griffiths. Congrats! Also, I haven’t given you a Jill Report in...
by Jill Williamson | Jul 3, 2019 | Author Life, Fantasy, First Drafts, Story Structure
Jill here. I hope you are all having an amazing summer. I am. Even though it’s a very busy summer. Learning is always fun for me, and I am greatly enjoying my master’s degree program. I finished my first two classes already and am two weeks into my second...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 26, 2019 | Brainstorming, Editing, Mailbag, Scenes and Scene Structure, Story Structure, World Building, Writing
Today’s Go Teen Writers Mailbag Question comes from Maccey, who writes: I am trying to create a timeline for my story. I wanted to find a site that would let me, but so far I can’t find any decent ones. Do you have any suggestions? This question depends on...
