Feeling down about your writing? Feeling like you’re never going to reach any of you writing goals? Feel like your dreams of becoming a successful writer are slipping by you with every passing day? Feel like, no matter how hard you push it, nothing seems to work and everything just keeps getting the way? Well […]
Podcast Episode 56 – Past and Present Tense
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott take a look at past tense and present tense in fiction, discuss their preferences both as readers and writers, and share some advice on when you should use past or present. About the hosts Jason Bougger lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife […]
Five Links Friday 3/2/18
And just like that, it’s already March. Hope your 2018 is going well so far. Here’s another Five Links Friday for the weekend! 1. Let’s start with a post at Writer’s Digest by Julie Rosenberg looking at Why Independent Bookstores Matter Now More Than Ever. 2. I think we’ve all made the mistake of working […]
3 Fantasy clichés I found in my writing (and 2 more you should avoid)
I go through phases all the time when it comes to music, to reading, and even to writing. Right now, I’ve really been trying to write more fantasy. It’s not easy, since this isn’t my number one genre. In fact, other than dabbling in a little bit of urban fantasy, I haven’t written much fantasy […]
Five Links Friday 2/23/18
It’s Friday. Snow! Ice! Sick kids! 🙂 Hope you’re having a great Friday and here are some writing links for you! 1. Let’s open with a look at The Elements of Dystopian Fiction by Elise Edmonds from her Magic Writer blog. 2. Here’s something really cool. It’s a searchable list of 100+ Creative Writing Exercises […]
Creating a Fantasy Magic System
To continue on yesterday’s theme of worldbuilding and fantasy, I thought it would be appropriate to talk a little about magic. Or Magick as the kids like to spell it sometimes. But whichever way you prefer to label your spells, it’s pretty much a given that you’ll be including them in your fantasy novel. Spellcasting […]
You’re Writing Fantasy. Forget the “Rules” and make your own.
I was trying to work on a fantasy novel the other night, and instead ended up spending something like six hours researching tools used in medieval farming. Because, you know, all fantasy needs to take place in a world that could realistically pass for thirteenth century western Europe, right? And then it hit me. What […]
Podcast Episode 55 – First Person, Third Person, and Info Dumps
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott start with a look at how to convey information to the reader in a first person narrative, and also have a more general discussion on how to use (and choose) a point of view suitable for your story. Related links: The Fifth Season: […]
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