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We'll be back to our regularly scheduled program next week. Keep an eye out for the continuation of our February Poetry Month (focusing on Novels-in-Verse). Stay warm!
“Enjoy the journey. I've had productive periods and dry spells, years when I've sold several books and (many) years when I've sold none. Every step has made me who I am as a writer and a person. I would tell myself to embrace that road and not worry so much about whether I was meeting certain goals at the "right" time.”
“Don't be afraid to break the rules. I think it's important to learn what the rules are. But if you find they don't apply to you, or if you want to try something off the beaten path, do it!”
“If your climax feels a little flat, or if you aren’t feeling the emotional payoff you’ve expected, look at earlier chapters and scenes. Make sure you’ve written in the reasons that make this climax inevitable. And that you’ve positioned your main character in the kind of emotional state where this final scene will let readers feel a satisfactory resolution.”
Anne-Marie Strohman (co-editor) writes picture books, middle grade novels, and young adult short stories and novels. She is a teacher, an editor, and a scholar. She is an active member of SCBWI and holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Find her at amstrohman.com and on Twitter @amstrwriter