During 2016, Jill Williamson blogged a series on Go Teen Writers called #WeWriteBooks, in which she sought to share her process for writing a novel from concept to completion. Jill also wrote a story called Thirst on her author blog that year, as a hand’s-on example for readers to see. Jill has since rewritten and indie published the Thirst Duology, which you can learn more about by clicking here.
If you want to read the first-draft chapters of Thirst, click here.
Below you will find a link to each post in the #WeWriteBooks blog series.
#WeWriteBooks
Week one was genre (THIRST is post-apocalyptic YA).
Week two was premise. Here’s my premise:A waterborne disease has sprung up in every corner of the globe, decimating the human race. Young survivors Eli McShane and his friends journey toward Colorado and the rumored location of a safe water source.
Week three was Storyworld.
Week four: maps and floorplans.
Week five: protagonists and main characters.
Week six: side characters.
Week seven: prewriting.
Week eight: plot structures.
Week nine: Theme.
Week ten: creating a plot outline or list of key scenes.
Week eleven: point of view.
Week twelve: narrative modes.
Week thirteen: how to write a scene.
Week fourteen: Where to start.
Week fifteen: Prologues.
Week sixteen: Dividing Your Book Into Chapters and Scenes
Week seventeen: Write Fast and Free
Week eighteen: Dialogue and Thought.
Week nineteen: Character and Author Voice
Week twenty: Action
Week twenty-one: Description
Week twenty-two: Exposition
Week twenty-three: Pacing
Week twenty-four: Beginnings and Endings of Scenes and Chapters
Week twenty-five: The Macro Edit
Week twenty-six: The Micro Edit
Week twenty-seven: Where to End the Book
