It's Day Three in the first ever FanLit contest — and the battle of the storylines is heating up! Paranormal leads the pack, though Romance is not far behind. Meanwhile, the Forums are buzzing with your ideas and stories.
Props to goth_fairy, who started the thread "Tips (for us, by us)," a place to share writing and brainstorming ideas. There are some great ones here! xoxo_pr0ud writes: "Keep writing and don't stop. Even if you think it's the stupidest sentence or paragraph or maybe even story. It might just turn out to be brilliant." Very true!
I'll add: Keep your old ideas and stories, even if you don't like them at first. You never know what will seem fresh and exciting again after you've stored it away for a few days — or months, or years. (Gail Carson Levine, the author of Writing Magic, advises, "Save it for a minimum of fifteen years.")
When you start your stories on October 27th, you'll draw from your own life and from pure imagination. And you might even find yourself drawing from an old idea — and that's when your old notebooks come in handy!
Well, one thing's for sure: we can't wait to read your stories. Let the writing begin!
Yours,
Naomi Rothwell, HarperTeen Assistant Editor
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