What’s an info-dump? As its name implies, it’s when a great deal of information is “dumped” on the reader. It’s usually done by the narrator at the beginning of a story or chapter. And there’s no better way to lose your reader then by boring them to death with a ton of details all at […]
Five Links Friday 1/22/16
I just found out that both Meat Loaf and Blue Oyster Cult are doing shows in Nebraska in 2016. What an awesome way to start the year 🙂 Onto 5 links… 1. Sometimes it seems like the only what to make it writing is to quit the day job. But how many of us are […]
Quick Tip # 3 – Real publishers won’t contact YOU.
There you are, an aspiring author who just finished your first masterpiece. You set up a website and shared your success on every social media platform out there, up to and including the one invented five minutes ago. You’re ready to rock and you’re ready to get noticed. And then it happens. You open up […]
Podcast Episode 2: Creating Effective Dialogue
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott discuss the use of dialogue in fiction, including what makes good dialogue, what makes bad dialogue, and how it can help your story. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS. About the hosts Jason Bougger lives […]
Who is Mary Sue and How Can You Kill Her?
So after watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I went over to one of my favorite movie reviews sites an checked out what everybody thought about it. Most of the reviews were gushing, as you’d expect, but there were a few arguments on whether or not the main character, Rey, was a “Mary Sue” character. […]
Five Links Friday 1/15/16
This crazy week has finally come to an end. But here at Write Good Books, we don’t complain. We celebrate stuff. And what better stuff to celebrate than an upcoming three-day weekend? Here is some stuff to read about writing. Give it a look and then get to work! 1. Let’s start on a positive […]
Quick Tips # 2 : Introduce the main character first.
Another thing I see in Theme of Absence submissions that I really don’t like is when a story begins and you have no idea who the story is about. And by that, I’m not talking about a story where several characters are introduced and you wonder which one is the protagonist. I’m talking about those […]
Writing Convincing Dialogue
At times, writing the characters’ dialogue can be the easiest part of writing fiction. How hard can it be, after all, to have a couple of Joes sharing a drink and shooting the breeze, right? Wrong. Writing dialogue well is rarely easy, and it certainly isn’t simply about a couple of characters talking to each […]
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