by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 21, 2019 | Antagonists, Brainstorming, Characters, Plot, The Craft of Writing, Writing
(Did you miss part one? You can find it here.) This second part of this series is what I believe is the most critical component of if a story works or not: Character Motivation. Do you have plot holes? A theme that isn’t resonating? Flat characters? My guess is...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 7, 2019 | Author Life, Creativity, Writing, Writing Life
Hi, writers! It’s hard to believe that we are a week into 2019 already! I ended 2018 and started 2019 teaching at a workshop for writers who have done the One Year Adventure Novel curriculum. I took no pictures (not really sure why???) so you’ll just have...
by Stephanie Morrill | Dec 24, 2018 | Grow An Author, Writing, Writing Life
Hi, writers! Shan, Jill, and I are off for the next couple weeks to enjoy our kiddos during their holiday break. We’ll be back Monday, January 7th, but before we go, here’s are 4 things we want to tell you: We are so grateful for you! We’ve had the...
by Shannon Dittemore | Nov 30, 2018 | Author Life, NaNoWriMo, Writing
November 30th, you guys. It is officially the last day of National Novel Writing Month. I’m posting this through a grin because neither Jill, Steph or I won NaNo this year. We gave it our best effort and pulled up short. I have things to say to those of you who hit...
by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 6, 2018 | Writing
Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel is out in the world, and we couldn’t be happier about it! Buy now from Amazon.com Buy now from BarnesandNoble.com Buy now from Kobo.com After months of revamping old content and and adding new chapters on writing historical...
by Jill Williamson | May 16, 2018 | Writing
Jill Williamson is a chocolate loving, daydreaming, creator of kingdoms. She writes weird books in lots of weird genres like fantasy (Blood of Kings and Kinsman Chronicles), science fiction (Replication), and dystopian (The Safe Lands trilogy). She has a podcast/vlog...
