tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post1150839543952504544..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: What's a pivotal moment in your publication journey? (With Taylor Bennett!)Stephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-19855247756743733432018-06-20T11:20:27.771-05:002018-06-20T11:20:27.771-05:00This is nice!Especially for young people who has t...This is nice!Especially for young people who has the talent to express their feelings through writing. Teens should take a look at this.Sam Dyson Shepleyhttps://samueldysonhuddersfieldshepley.contently.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-12980311808991633712018-06-19T10:23:16.153-05:002018-06-19T10:23:16.153-05:00THANK YOU so much for joining us, Taylor. What a w...THANK YOU so much for joining us, Taylor. What a wonderful memory that must be. God bless, Miralee.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-36644296805365029742018-06-19T09:55:48.120-05:002018-06-19T09:55:48.120-05:00That takes tremendous amount of courage. I'm ...That takes tremendous amount of courage. I'm really impressed by your choice!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-57363363018329781022018-06-18T20:08:43.663-05:002018-06-18T20:08:43.663-05:00It took me a while to finally get to the point whe...It took me a while to finally get to the point where I could let it go (I didn't want to let down all the people I'd told I was publishing and all the people who'd contributed to the payment of my editor), but I'm glad I did. I wouldn't have been proud of that book if I'd just gone ahead and published it, and I want my first published novel to be something I can be proud of.Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020913754722560420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-47472401830828770022018-06-18T17:07:04.060-05:002018-06-18T17:07:04.060-05:00That's wonderful that you had the wisdom to pu...That's wonderful that you had the wisdom to put on the brakes! Lots of valuable lessons in there!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-26944088979521006702018-06-18T15:07:38.492-05:002018-06-18T15:07:38.492-05:00For me it was actually... not publishing. Last yea...For me it was actually... not publishing. Last year I was planning on publishing a novel this March, but I made a lot of mistakes with it as I was planning. <br />Firstly, I realized as I was editing (which was after I'd gotten a bunch of other things in motion; not a good idea) that there wasn't enough emphasis on the actual plot. I hadn't known where to go next at one point and tossed them into a random labyrinth that had no bearing on the actual plot. Plus my characters weren't really that well developed and there was just a lot wrong with the story itself.<br />Then I hired an editor without actually communicating with her. I was looking for an editor and my best friend's honorary aunt offered for less than any of the editors I've been looking at, so I accepted. Turned out she was a copy-editor when I was looking for a developmental editor. (Which is not to say that you shouldn't get someone you know to edit, particularly if you know someone is a good editor, but make sure you get the right kind of editor. XP)<br />I also bought a cover way earlier than I should have and now it's sitting on my computer where it may stay for the rest of my life.<br />So while my first attempt was a disaster (which I cancelled in February), it taught me a lot of really valuable lessons and now I'm working toward publishing again with a much better idea of how to actually go through the process right. :)Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020913754722560420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-23940526996049725682018-06-18T08:53:35.726-05:002018-06-18T08:53:35.726-05:00This makes me so excited for the writer's conf...This makes me so excited for the writer's conference I'm going to this fall! Working several hours every day to get my stuff in decent shape . . . hoping to get it all done in time ;D And love seeing Taylor on here! For me . . . I don't see a huge moment but a bunch of tiny moments. Writing contest on a knitting sight, GTW 100 for 100, story ideas that CAME with endings, and people telling me, "that's actually good." <br /><br />keturahskorner.blogspot.comKeturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-31068508662841255602018-06-18T06:30:55.850-05:002018-06-18T06:30:55.850-05:00For me, it was when my mom heard my reading part o...For me, it was when my mom heard my reading part of my book out loud and later told me I should pray about publishing. I did and seven years later, I have four books self published! God is so good! He has blessed me with an amazing editing team and I wouldn't trade them for anything! Ryana Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448055348627114720noreply@blogger.com