tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post4402575574972167782..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: Are you writing for you or readers too?Stephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-13411574004954544012011-08-25T16:07:24.142-05:002011-08-25T16:07:24.142-05:00Thanks Stephanie! :)
That was definitely helpful....Thanks Stephanie! :) <br />That was definitely helpful. I guess I'll just have to find someone that loves my writing too lol. That'll happen someday, I hope.Jazmine~https://www.blogger.com/profile/06246960020080246030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-12590015503256772812011-08-15T14:41:40.311-05:002011-08-15T14:41:40.311-05:00My first drafts are pretty stripped down, so, yeah...My first drafts are pretty stripped down, so, yeah, I think that's okay.<br /><br />This percentage has no scientific basis, but 90% of the time I feel uninspired to write, I make myself do it anyway. Usually after a painful couple hundred words, I get into it and the writing/my attitude improve. The other 10% of the time, I reach for a writing craft book or something, like Bird by Bird, and flipping through my favorite parts usually motivates me to write. And then around that time, my kids wake up from their naps :)Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-81023563953904979942011-08-14T02:29:50.359-05:002011-08-14T02:29:50.359-05:00I'm writing the first draft of my story right ...I'm writing the first draft of my story right now, and I tend to do this thing where I have the main idea for a scene but I can't be bothered to flesh it out with backstory/descriptions etc. so I just skip to the interesting part. Is this OK? <br /><br />Also, on days when you just feel completely uninspired and everything you write is awful do you still force yourself to write, even if nothing comes out right? (that rhymed! kind of...)redhead :Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-13186699169963161672011-08-12T15:44:22.600-05:002011-08-12T15:44:22.600-05:00So sorry I didn't answer you quickly, Jazmine....So sorry I didn't answer you quickly, Jazmine.<br /><br />It depends on if you're talking about a freelance editor (someone YOU pay to improve your book) or an editor at a publishing house (someone who convinces a committee of people to PAY YOU for your book because it's so stinkin' good.)<br /><br />With freelance editors, you ask your writer friends for recommendations, you talk to past clients, and you clarify your expectations ahead of time.<br /><br />With the other kind of editor ... I don't know how helpful this answer is, but I think you can gauge on enthusiasm. I don't say this to brag, but my editor loved my writing - she loved my voice and stories and my ideas. I know this not only because she told me and my agent, but because she was always going to bat for me over there and was always interested in my input. Because my editor loved me the way I was, I wasn't worried about her taking over the story when we got to that part of the process.<br /><br />Make sense? Helpful at all?Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-17574032440868463572011-08-09T23:18:59.221-05:002011-08-09T23:18:59.221-05:00Hi Stephanie. :)
I have a quick question about e...Hi Stephanie. :) <br /><br />I have a quick question about editors. How do you tell if they are good editors? And they won't go and rewrite your whole story? (Because the right to do that should be for the author) <br />Or anyone else who'd like to chime in on those questions?? Please do.<br />Fabulous post by the way haha. :D I'm definitely lazy a lot of the time, sometimes I am absolutely frustrated with my writing and I feel like everything I type sucks. :PJazmine~https://www.blogger.com/profile/06246960020080246030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-15724987912454639812011-08-09T11:59:14.167-05:002011-08-09T11:59:14.167-05:00Sananora, I see pen names in your future :)
Glad ...Sananora, I see pen names in your future :)<br /><br />Glad to make you "lol" Emii!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-17191322266810283492011-08-09T05:16:33.605-05:002011-08-09T05:16:33.605-05:00This post spoke to me so clearly! And you made me ...This post spoke to me so clearly! And you made me laugh out loud (Whenever we have an opportunity to write 'LOL', we never take it, do we?:P) when you wrote about posting about cooking on here. I don't know why. :Demiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042164350910286833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-74130806687483182112011-08-09T00:18:51.005-05:002011-08-09T00:18:51.005-05:00I don't know if I could ever pick a genre...*s...I don't know if I could ever pick a genre...*sigh*...I think my brain would burst... :D<br />But I guess I'd go for the F's (Fiction and Fantasy), though I've dabbled in practically every genre.Sananorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400177816548665760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-30307391497974806282011-08-08T15:09:54.043-05:002011-08-08T15:09:54.043-05:00I am probably really weird. I love early criticism...I am probably really weird. I love early criticism. I love to get criticism on a certain paragraph BEFORE I fall in love with it.Alyson Schrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985230257033740736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-25032947990227310342011-08-08T10:27:31.337-05:002011-08-08T10:27:31.337-05:00Alana, YES it was so long. I tried to break into t...Alana, YES it was so long. I tried to break into two posts but I couldn't find a good spot. You really nailed it when you said you could write what you want but not everything has to be published. Great thoughts.<br /><br />And also, Alana, there are a couple options for if you change your mind later. One is doing a pen name for your other genre. Another is just making sure your stories in different genres have the same elements (like ... there's always romance or whatever) so that your current readers will still be satisfied. Kinda like what Roseanna talked about in her comment.<br /><br />Clare, for the record, even on the rare occasions that I don't feel like writing a GTW blog post, about two sentences into writing, I'm happy to be doing it :)Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-22685317675452550612011-08-08T09:38:46.446-05:002011-08-08T09:38:46.446-05:00Wow great post. Um I do have to say it was a littl...Wow great post. Um I do have to say it was a little long. I loved how you put Sarah Dessen in there (yes I would hate to see one of her books have a witch princess.)<br />I don't know what genre I would like to write. I like the idea of YA romance, that seems to call to me. I am currently writing something and I worked on one scene where he's proposing to her. I think that is what I would like to go for. But what if down the road I want to write something else. (I change like the wind if you must know, one moment I want to be a writer, the next a designer.) It just depends on my mood that day. I guess that's why I'm glad you brought up What genre and who are you writing for. As far as I see I can write what I want but not everything has to be published.<br />Thanks for the post.Alanahttp://writerspagenikki.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-60318896985781976582011-08-08T08:38:54.718-05:002011-08-08T08:38:54.718-05:00I loved this post! Lately I have been struggling w...I loved this post! Lately I have been struggling with what kind of genre I want to write. Part of me wanted to do suspense novels while another insisted on YA Fiction and the other part of me bickered and said to Christian Romance. With so many ideas running through my head, I was having trouble understanding why I had to choose one. So I loved the fact that you brought the question "who are you writing for" up. It's something I needed to seriously answer. Ultimately, I know that I want to write for others and not just myself. Thanks for this, it helped me realize that there are some sacrifices you need to make in order to help your readers. :)<br />And also, thanks for writing GoTeen Writers post, even when you don't feel like it. It is such a blessing to me! :) <br />Clare K.Clarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02654852774996609964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-76325336971002751752011-08-08T07:26:11.362-05:002011-08-08T07:26:11.362-05:00This was a great post! I love the idea of writing ...This was a great post! I love the idea of writing for fun on Sundays.Jenna Blake Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348472716158899465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-12768982166037238242011-08-08T07:14:19.397-05:002011-08-08T07:14:19.397-05:00Such awesome points, Stephanie! I'll be talkin...Such awesome points, Stephanie! I'll be talking about a lot of this in my marketing workshop in Oregon next week--about how for most of us, writing is our ministry. Therefore, we have to treat it as one, which means giving of ourselves, not doing it FOR ourselves.<br /><br />As someone who is sorta-kinda shifting what I write, going from Biblicals that aren't technically romance to straight up historical romance, I can tell you that I'm thinking and praying a lot about how my couple hundred existing readers might respond, LOL. And that's not even technically a shift in genre! Though in this case, it's a change that's totally worth it, as it'll grow my readership by leaps and bounds, and perhaps then point them back to the other books.<br /><br />Another quick thought on that, which came from the awesome Karen Ball (a mover and shaker in the Christian publishing world), is that you can write in two genres (more if you include non-fiction) well so long as there are similar themes. Now, my Biblicals and my contemporary romantic comedies probably wouldn't pair well (sigh). But my intense contemporaries have similar themes to my historicals, so they would transition okay, if and when the time comes. =)Roseanna Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02245767775900250399noreply@blogger.com