Find one that fits you and your chosen genre and dive in! I’ve been a member of SCBWI since 2012, and though there have been some issues with leadership that have come to light, I have gained so much from this volunteer-driven organization. There’s also a lot of great learning opportunities through writing organizations. I’ve sampled some free online writing resource classes, too. I also love that there’s so many podcasts out there with writers and writing advice. Writing-craft books are definitely a go-to for me. It’s the most difficult part for me, but when it’s done, I see that my story is still there – like a rich, complex broth that simmered down to its essence through that process. So cutting back on so much of what feels important can be really hard. I whittled it down to about 105,000 words by the time it was published.
That’s twice as long as your average YA novel.
Unravel was – at one point – 170,000 words. Again and again until it’s the right shape and story. I go back through with more precise trimming of the text. I still have it, but don’t look at it again. THEN, I have to figure out what’s the most important parts for the story and move the rest of it into the computer version of an attic. All the description! The world-building, clothes, the expressions, all the shrugs, background info. Get some vibes going with a Pinterest board and a playlist. Torn between two worlds and two versions of herself, Paige must decide where, and with whom, she truly feels at home.I start with the spark of an idea. Or, she could go back to Texas and prove for once and for all that she's more than her mistakes and more than a disease. When her own health fails her, she has the choice of staying at home and receiving care. Just as Paige begins to feel settled in Texas, her dad's worsening Crohn's disease brings her home to Seattle. He even makes her forget about the debilitating stomach cramps she struggles to hide. He's so different from her, but Paige realizes that may not be a bad thing, especially since being around Joey curbs her urge to vandalize and ignore the rules. Meanwhile, Paige reluctantly befriends her sister's straight-laced teenage neighbor, Joey, who is a frequent guest. Paige's parents sign her up for a rebuilding project in Texas where her sister lives. To make things worse, her parents threaten her with boarding school in the fall if she can't prove she's changed her bad habits.
Paige just wants to have fun, spray paint a few walls, and block out everything stressful, including her growing concern that she might be sick as well. Not when her dad gets sick, not when her relationship implodes, not even when her parents send her to another-freaking-state for the summer to live with her sister. Sixteen-year-old Paige Williams can't stop self-sabotaging.
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