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Author's Spot

Here, you can post about the stories you are writing (or have written in the past), share tips for writing, and share excerpts and quotes from your stories. You can also do story shorts from your NaNoWriMo story. Even though I've never participated in it, it sounds very interesting, but it also sounds like hard work. I'd love to hear about the stories you write! I'll be posting a lot about the story I'm currently writing, too. :) 

submitted by Nina, age 11, Florida
(January 29, 2014 - 8:51 pm)

back to the Inkwell

In Grammer, we learned that the best way to stick to a topic is to write an outline before you even begin writing the story. To think of ideas, just use your imagination! Use ideas from your favorite book to help you.

submitted by Mag Fan
(February 2, 2014 - 11:16 pm)

Here's some advice I got from Wendy Mass's website:

To set up a chapter (or a story) think up of 18 things you would like in that chapter. Next, cross out 3 so you have 15. Then order them by which you want to mention them. Ask a question for each of them. For example:

The Government: Why is the government involved?

a. Because they're in a secret base.

b. They're the reason why my main character is locked up at the secret base

c. They're a big part of my story.

So pretty soon you'll have your blueprint for each chapter of your book! It may take extra time, but it's easier using this then thinking up what your character should do next in the following sentences.

 

 

submitted by Moss, age 13
(February 3, 2014 - 4:22 pm)

Cynical and Hamlety novel ideas are roaming through my head.

submitted by Gollum
(February 5, 2014 - 10:53 am)

I'll have to post this later today, but what I have for my rewritten novel so far is a great prologue and the beginning of the first chapter. Stay tuned peeps...

submitted by Moss, age 13
(February 6, 2014 - 7:10 am)
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