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Angela Griffin

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Challenges

Neverending Story 1.0

Hey team, we're trying something new (and hopefully fun?): I'm going to make up the first sentence of a story and then tag someone. That person will then come up with the next sentence and post it in a comment, along with tagging someone for the next line. We'll keep this first story going until we feel like it’s done! (Edited from original end date of 9/16—we’re having far too much fun to stop now 🤠) Get those creative juices flowing! Be crazy, creative, and kind! Who knows, you may get your next idea here . . . Okay, here's the first line: On her 85th birthday, Gladys woke up speaking Italian. @Kai Alger, take it away!

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Nov '25 •

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Hello from the other side of the planet!! 🌏 I moved to South Korea about a month ago and I have been struggling to find time to write. Part of it is the moving/new job and the other half is the excitement of everything. I'm hoping things will start to calm down so I don't have to go out every night and get basic essentials I've forgotten I don't have yet, but I will take any and all advice for finding a good writing time. I'm sure I just need to say "This is my writing time! I can't do anything else!" But maybe I need someone or something to help me be accountable? I do know the 30k in 30 days challenge really helped motivate me to get writing done. Any tips?

Veena Sankar

11d •

Wins

QUERYING

hello dear StoryClub Please send your girl some love...I've reentered the query trenches... sent 3 out yesterday...and have like 20 to go. One was to an agent who I live pitched to at the SCBWI summer conference who seemed excited about it... and of course, after I hit 'send' I started running the acronym in my head and realized how many times I've been calling it SCWBI (doesn't that sound better even though it doesn't make sense?) and also that I didn't put headers with page numbers on my writing sample. (side note: If anyone is looking for even more support, SCBWI virtual conference was actually really well run and super fun and easy to meet people). Anyway, I'm excited the actual writing is all me and the story is what I envisioned it to me years ago when I started it... and the query letter is so much better ... as for the synopsis? Well, that's still a beast of burden... Lastly, when i sent out a few queries earlier this year, for the first time, I broke out into hives. that hasn't happened...yet. 🍻to progress! What I learned for this time was to have something ready to go and work on so your not sitting there frozen in fear of rejection ... I mean of course we all want books that go big, but along the way, I've noticed that so long as I'm creative, I am well. and, if you're working on the next thing, it also has the added bonus of having something else to query. The other thing that's different is that I have since built up a writing/creative community that I'm not afraid to lean on. So, thank you all for this space, too! (and to @Angela Griffin for starting that neverending story at the perfect time!)

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