In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott take a look at the Inciting Incident of a story, what it is, and why it is important. 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 4/5/19
Whoa, first Friday in April. It’s a good month so far. I sent off a couple of unpublished stories and I’m hoping to get a little more fiction written this month. We shall see….here are Five Links for ya! 1. Let’s start this week with something I know very little about: Romance. What Makes a […]
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 3/22/19
Okay, so I’m back after yet another tiny break from things. Sorry to kind of neglect the blog and podcast, but on the flip side, I’m making a lot of progress on some of my other projects :/ In the meantime, here are the five best articles I read about writing this week! 1. Whether […]
Podcast Episode 71 – Relationship Between Character and Plot
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott take a look at the relationship between the characters and the story. If you have a plot, but no characters, is it really a plot? Is it easier to start with the characters, or start with the story? Click the link below to […]
Five Links Friday 10/26/18 (Halloween Edition)
A little late with this post, but we were at the pumpkin patch with the kids and it’s been an awesome and busy day. So here we are with the final Five Links Friday of the month. And it’s a horror theme, of course. Enjoy! 1. Let’s start off with not an article, but a […]
Podcast Episode 68 – Multiple Problems and Subplots
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scoot look at the power of multiple problems and how having your protagonist deal with issues outside of the “big bad” can increase empathy for your character and add interest about the world you are creating. Click the link below to stream the episode. […]
What motivates your protagonist?
Pick out one of the most recent story or novel you’ve been working on. Clear your head and think about it for a minute or so. Go over the plot, and the main protagonist. Who is that person (or animal, or alien)? What are they doing in your story? Why are they doing it? And […]
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