Scott Rhoades Writes Daily

Forget about the pool. Splash around and have fun. #kidlitchat

I've played aroundd a lot with POV, tense, and format, but never went there. If I did, it would probably have to be in verse too. #kidlitchat

I've been playing for six years, and learned mainly because I wanted to write songs. Several years ago, I teamed up with a friend in the UK. I wrote the words, and he did the music and recorded. Now I can do my own. Nt saying they're great, but it's a ton of fun. Do it! #kidlitchat

I wrote a PB with an artist friend back in high school that ended with the character getting eaten. I found the manuscripts a couple years ago, then discovered somebody has published that same idea. #kidlitchat

Go for younger MG. It sounds like a perfect fit! You'd only need around 30k words, and could get a way with a bit less. #kidlitchat

That's awesome! I publishedd a little thing about baseball in the Oakland Tribune when I was 8. #kidlitchat

I write daily. My conf has opened me up to trying new things other than my MG: PB, YA, and graphic novels. I'd really like to try a chapter book! My wildest thing? Maybe my MG comic scifi/horror b-movie in print, which started out as a short story I was actually able to publish. #kidlitchat

Holy schneikies that pie looks good!

We have a couple events coming up. On March 27, we have an all-day online event where we'll be visited by five small publishers. On March 31, we have our monthly book club. This month, our guest will be the awesome Tim Wynne-Jones. Wifyr.com for info and registration. #kidlitchat

Just a tad late to #kidlitchat. I was busy promoting my upcoming conference events and forgot to jump on.

I love that! #kidlitchat

That's a major accomplishment too, though!

I think that was my previous record, before a challenge at my con to write every day until the next con, expecting that there was no way I could come close. Now I can't stop without either disappointing my community or creating Schadenfreude. #kidlitchat

Wish I could claim that every day was great writing...

#kidlitchat

Also, in the past week, I passed 2800 days in my consecutive-day writing streak. #kidlitchat

Yes. We each supply a prompt sometime during the month. #kidlitchat

I'm in a group that does this every Feb. #kidlitchat

Hi #kidlitchat friends. Last 3 months?

Prep and open reg for the #wifyr.com writing con I help lead. (Tip: Space still open for a 5-day virtual workshop from the fab Laura Shovan)

Having great chats with an agent about some of my manuscripts

Started new MG project

Wrote a poem every day in Feb.

A shared meal can be a very useful story beat. #kidlitchat

Late, but here.

I've used various ways to amp up the plot--ticking clock, mystery, impossible odds becoming more impossible, growing emotional stakes. #kidlitchat

Quick promo: Reg is open for the 27th Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Conference. This year we have an online 5-day workshop option, taught by MFA teacher Laura Shovan.

Plus, we're running a month-long PB challenge in Feb. Check our newsletter at wifyr.com for details. #kidlitchat

Quick promo: Reg is open for the 27th Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Conference, which I help run. This year we have an online 5-day workshop option, taught by MFA teacher Laura Shovan.

Plus, we're running a month-long PB challenge in Feb. Check our newsletter at wifyr.com for details.

I've come to really like first person present, which is weird because I really didn't like first person as a kid. But it works great for MG, and especially for verse. #kidlitchat

Best of both worlds for you, then. I never even saw an indoor hallway in a school until I got to uni. #kidlitchat

I'm in Utah now, where snow is normal, except this year all we've had so far is two light dustings. We need it in the mountains if we're going to have water this summer. #kidlitchat

The advantage of having several prepublished manuscripts, i suppose, is that at least I don't have to see something in print that I wish I could change. #kidlitchaat

Thanks. It's not my first, but the length issues mean it might be the hardest. #kidlitchat

We didn't even have halls. Every class but two or three opened to the outside. #kidlitchat

I'm currently revising a MG novel in verse that should probably be 50% longer. That's a rough kind of revision for me. #kidlitchat

I've never had a snow day, although we did get out early the one time it snowed in high school, because nobody was going to class anyway. #kidlitchat

I like to revise an older story every time I'm at a point on a newer story where I need to let it rest. I write every day, so no breaks to let something rest. I don't like multiple early drafts at once. so I don't want to start something new until the last one is feeling pretty good. #kidlitchat