In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott look at how the setting you choose can affect your overall story, as well how your reader’s opinion. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available on iTunes, Google Play, Blubrry, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, TuneIn, Overcast, YouTube, or your favorite RSS […]
Five Links Friday 7/19/19
Ick. Weird week. I’ll spare you the gory details, but let’s just say I’m happy to be mostly healthy again. Onward to this week’s edition of Five Links Friday! 1. One of the things all of us entrepreneurs have in common is late nights and early mornings. But at what cost? Here are 7 Ways […]
Are the stakes too high?
Spoiler Warning: I discuss the outcomes of both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame in this post. I often say that the biggest mistake a writer can make is to create a character or plot that no one really cares about. If, for example, your main character is too boring or one-dimensional, or if your […]
Podcast Episode 79 – Finding Meaning in Tragedy (And Tips on Writing Dark Fiction)
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott talk about using Character tragedy for worldbuilding, character development, and plot advancement. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available on iTunes, Google Play, Blubrry, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, TuneIn, Overcast, YouTube, or your favorite RSS reader. Have any questions, comments, or […]
Five Links Friday 7/5/19
Hey, I hope you all had a great Fourth of July. You’re back just in time for another Five Links Friday. Enjoy! 1. Let’s start out this week with an interesting post by Anne R. Allen on Rogue Characters and how they can be The Secret to Compelling Fiction. 2. Here’s some advice for If […]
Five Links Friday 4/12/19
Hey, it’s Friday! It’s been a great week. I hope yours has been great as well. Here are the best articles I read about writing this week. 1. Let’s start with an interesting post on Emotion: Using Detachment to Create Powerful Fiction by Claire Rudy Foster. 2. For those of us writing Fantasy, here are […]
Seven Ways to Get Inside Your Character’s Head
I’ve written about bland characters in the past, but the problem of writing one-dimensional characters is still a difficult one to overcome. I was looking over a WIP the other day and I still just couldn’t make a connection with the main character. So I thought about it for a bit and decided that the […]
Five Links Friday 3/29/19
It’s Friday and I hate to sound like a broken record (is that reference even relevant anymore?), but where in the world did the time go this week? Sheesh. Where did the month go? I turned 43 and I feel like I haven’t accomplished a single thing this month yet. We’ll have to fix that…but […]
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