tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post7105484820167762183..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: The Writing LifeStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-90685273989652766182014-03-12T19:03:37.606-05:002014-03-12T19:03:37.606-05:00The most challenging thing for me is my word count...The most challenging thing for me is my word count. I am good at writing short stories but I R-E-A-L-L-Y want to write a novel! I need to get my word count up there...Alea Harpernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-68522798157995229632012-06-18T15:28:43.134-05:002012-06-18T15:28:43.134-05:00Yeah, I do sometimes. It's just sort of annoyi...Yeah, I do sometimes. It's just sort of annoying to have to type it up, before I can get started with writing new stuff. :pAlexanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-74264960726714878992012-06-16T00:03:20.288-05:002012-06-16T00:03:20.288-05:00You just made my day :)You just made my day :)Lydia Grace Hartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-47143540924610029322012-06-15T16:13:18.900-05:002012-06-15T16:13:18.900-05:00Lydia has given me a new word: fandandylously. I j...Lydia has given me a new word: fandandylously. I just love that. <3<br /><br />Almost as much as I love all these great quotes and eye-openers at what it's like to real full-time (mostly?) author. Can't wait to see what the rest of the questions and answers are like!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150136011032761640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-55663140795081269832012-06-15T13:31:43.606-05:002012-06-15T13:31:43.606-05:00Okay, excuse me for a moment while I go into my we...Okay, excuse me for a moment while I go into my weird mode, but "This new look is CUTE!" Imagine that in a fake (but polished)southern accent, and you'll see what I mean by weird mode. These colors and styles work fandandylously together, btw. Nicely done, Stephanie.<br />Okay, weirdness over. <br />My biggest struggle is follow-through, I think. I have this huge plan in my head, confuddlingly thought out (I think of the plot, write the beginning, make sure the ending is solid in my head, plan the 'drama', then fill in the blanks.) but I always end up failing to get very far. I think too much (and use too many made up words. lol).Lydia Grace Hartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-58360241432527980452012-06-14T22:28:03.429-05:002012-06-14T22:28:03.429-05:00When I'm writing, I don't think about &quo...When I'm writing, I don't think about "I want this thing to be published someday". I just focus on writing for me, and getting my story out. That makes it a little easier for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-57921842783284003162012-06-14T22:23:49.615-05:002012-06-14T22:23:49.615-05:00Haha I love fantasizing too. I've been fantasi...Haha I love fantasizing too. I've been fantasizing since I was in preschool, but I've only recently started writing some of it down. When I'm fantasizing, I can just jump to random scenes and think them out, but when I'm writing, I feel like I should go from the beginning.<br /><br />And haha I like thinking stories about big families, but it might not be as much fun all the time to actually live in one... Maybe you should try writing in a notebook? And then you could type it up later. Just a thought :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-14040125495254499922012-06-14T18:30:47.044-05:002012-06-14T18:30:47.044-05:00The new look is adorable!!
In all honesty, I am a...The new look is adorable!!<br /><br />In all honesty, I am a big procrastinator. And that is what mainly keeps me from writing. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-35686075837630897492012-06-14T17:54:47.170-05:002012-06-14T17:54:47.170-05:00Love the new look, the background is like denim!
...Love the new look, the background is like denim!<br /><br />I have a totally different comment in my mind when I read the post. Then I read the comments and I realized something. I was going to say I have a lot of struggles when I comes to writing but I think most of them stem from doubt & insecurity that keep me from really pursuing. I thought I was going to be the only person to say, that no one else could possible feel as insecure & unconfident as I do. But its basically been said be everyone! Which is funny to me bc I read the posts on the fb page & think everyone is so much farther ahead of me that I must have some writing development disorder or something. <br />I struggle with sticking with it, plot, pacing, balance real life the whole shebang & I think irs worse bc I'm not sure my writing is good. I'm afraid I'm wasting my time & energy when I don't have energy to waste. <br />Somehow I stuck it out through one first draft & at times I thought "everyone's first draft is supposed to be bad but I bet mine is the worst ever" but i got it done. Now it's resting & the same doubt that stopped me for so long in a first draft is stopping me from developing an idea.<br />At least I know for sure I'm not alone. I have to save this to read when I feel like I'm the only one that thinks this way!Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500897912581589616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-73875975769363968892012-06-14T16:30:20.829-05:002012-06-14T16:30:20.829-05:00Wow, I had to do a double take to make sure I didn...Wow, I had to do a double take to make sure I didn't have the wrong website. lol<br />1. I guess just sitting down and writing. I have a million great ideas swirling around in my head and it's sometimes more fun to fantasize then actually sit down and write.<br />2. Definitely balance. As the second of 8, there's always someone else vying for computer time. Not to mention school, friends, church, and leisure time. All things that I love to do, so its difficult to find the balance and get my writing done, too.Alexanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-54143664329607689972012-06-14T13:18:16.973-05:002012-06-14T13:18:16.973-05:00Woooo! The new blog design looks great!Woooo! The new blog design looks great!Micah Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444448428380810777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-22609099285681268532012-06-14T12:07:05.792-05:002012-06-14T12:07:05.792-05:00Haha, chocolate is a good thing to be thinking abo...Haha, chocolate is a good thing to be thinking about;)Maddie Morrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10881137664211550244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-29605081319547092582012-06-14T11:14:38.129-05:002012-06-14T11:14:38.129-05:00Hi Katelyn - Be grateful for the story ideas. Some...Hi Katelyn - Be grateful for the story ideas. Some people only have one and then struggle to find another. What I do is jot down my ideas for another book -- the theme, a couple of characters or conflicts, a setting, some dialogue, the opening lines -- whatever it is that strikes you. If you jot down the ideas as they pop into your head, you won't lose them and they will be ready for you when you finish the book that you're working on. I do this too since my mind holds so many ideas I think my head might explode. And thanks for purchasing Writing the Christian Romance. Check my blog as well - www.writingright-martin.blogspot.comGail Gaymer Martinhttp://www.gailmartin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-63120180208562067672012-06-14T10:54:37.045-05:002012-06-14T10:54:37.045-05:00OMW, I actually have "Writing The Christian R...OMW, I actually have "Writing The Christian Romance" sitting next to me, right now. Um, coincidence? I think not.<br /><br />The hardest part for me is staying focused. I have so many story ideas, but to sit down and finish writing one of them? Seems impossible.<br /><br />KatelynAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08892179402650018597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-91769356658970112782012-06-14T10:17:28.316-05:002012-06-14T10:17:28.316-05:00Lol, MaddieJ. Glad you like it. And I was likely d...Lol, MaddieJ. Glad you like it. And I was likely dreaming about eating chocolate when I designed it.... :)Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-509733985024860322012-06-14T10:16:55.621-05:002012-06-14T10:16:55.621-05:00Thanks 4readin! LOTS of time in photoshop is how I...Thanks 4readin! LOTS of time in photoshop is how I did it. And I kept checking the colors with my husband because I'm a teensy-bit color blind.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-26433911525077482192012-06-14T10:15:38.416-05:002012-06-14T10:15:38.416-05:00Thanks RJ!
Confidence is huge for a lot of writer...Thanks RJ!<br /><br />Confidence is huge for a lot of writers. It's a tough task, being confident enough to put yourself out there .... but remaining teachable as well.<br /><br />It took me a long time to get used to showing my work to people. Even now, when I send something to my agent, I'm checking my email every 2 minutes to see if she's responded. And if it's been more than 24 hours, I'm thinking, "She hates it. She's regretting signing me."<br /><br />And most my other writer friends are the same, so I think you guys are in good company, anyway, with confidence being an issue :)Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-55119176605575736582012-06-14T10:13:00.165-05:002012-06-14T10:13:00.165-05:00Thanks Clare! Glad you like it.
Insecurity is a b...Thanks Clare! Glad you like it.<br /><br />Insecurity is a big factor for me too. And it's tough for it NOT to be when publishing houses are looking at you going, "How many novels did you sell last year? This other writer writes the same genre as you but they sold twice as many units."<br /><br />I found myself nodding along with Betsy's answer the most. Craft wise, stakes are definitely the hardest for me, especially in my realistic fiction.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-72017964297829278032012-06-14T09:19:49.382-05:002012-06-14T09:19:49.382-05:00I think this is one of my trouble spots too. I ten...I think this is one of my trouble spots too. I tend to think that everything I write is terrible. I also struggle with gripping the reader in the first chapter. <br /><br />Love the new design btw! :)RJhttp://www.virtuousgirlhood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-15018434413549966012012-06-14T08:44:37.467-05:002012-06-14T08:44:37.467-05:00Cool, cool, cool!
I freaked out and thought I wen...Cool, cool, cool! <br />I freaked out and thought I went to the wrong blog at first, but I totally love the new look. It makes me want to eat chocolate:)Maddie Morrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10881137664211550244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-60207133974458795812012-06-14T07:59:10.043-05:002012-06-14T07:59:10.043-05:00I was very surprised to see a different design on ...I was very surprised to see a different design on Go Teen Writers this morning--but I LOVE it!! it is bit more simple and understated but extraordinarily cute. Nice job, Mrs. Morrill. How did you come up with this?<br /><br />Thanks to all of the authors who contributed to this post; it is very good post. I enjoyed it a lot. Such a creative idea, too! Thanks you!Kate S (4readin)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03311476103331480075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-36502619374636340502012-06-14T07:24:23.725-05:002012-06-14T07:24:23.725-05:00The hardest part about writing for me is confidenc...The hardest part about writing for me is confidence. I have a hardtime believing o can really write, or that anything of mine could be good. It's probably a common complaint, but it's my hardest obisticle. I don't like to show my work to people, just in case it is as bad as I think it is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05746017057593508370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-5701524593833939332012-06-14T06:50:04.010-05:002012-06-14T06:50:04.010-05:00I'm loving the new GTW look. It was such a sho...I'm loving the new GTW look. It was such a shock to pull it up and see such a change... ;)It's quite awesome and makes me want to explore it all over again. Okay, now to the question.<br /><br />An obstacle that stands in my way time and time again is insecurity, and, like Roseanna said, "being content where I am, when I'm there." I notorious at comparing myself to others, saying, "Why can't I be more like that?" I'm trying to learn that my writing has a purpose, even if it's not what I expected, and to let God use me and my words no matter how He chooses. <br /><br />I'm curious, Stephanie, what the hardest part about writing for you? :)Clarebearhttp://www.unitedinhislove.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com