So, yeah, we’re buried in sleet at the time of this writing. Hope the weekend gets a little better. For now, however, here are the 5 best writing(ish) articles I read this week. Take a look and stay indoors for the next couple of days! 1. Derek Haines takes a good look at something that […]
Quick Tips # 1 : “Was” in the opening
One of the most common problems I see in my Theme of Absence submissions comes in the opening sentence. It’s the unnecessary use of past progressive tense and immediately takes the story down the path of telling instead of showing. Don’t do this: “C-3PO was running away toward the escape pod.” Instead, do this: “C-3PO […]
Podcast Episode 1: Time Management For Writers
“How do you find time to write?” The first episode of the Write Good Books Podcast looks at time management for writers as Jason and Scott answer that question by discussing the ways they fit writing into their daily schedules. Click the link below to stream the episode or grab the rss feed to the […]
What can you do to help other writers?
Hey, it’s the first Monday of the new year. I’ll tell you this, we’ve got a little rule over here at the Write Good Books blog and that is this: NO COMPLAINING. And especially no complaining that it’s Monday. So I wanted to start off the year on a super positive note and figured what […]
Finding Your Creativity
This time of year, I see a lot of friends and family that I might only see once or twice a year. More often than not, my writing comes up as a conversation piece, and when it does, that question we’ve all been asked gets asked: “Where do you get your ideas?” I know a […]
Five Links Friday 12/18/15
Five Links Friday! If you made it to Star Wars last night, cool for you. I’ll be avoiding most of the internet, as I probably won’t get to a theater until an afternoon showing early next week. But that’s okay; there’s always some writing to be done. And reading. Here are five links for ya… […]
You’re a Writer. Do You Need a Blog?
If you go back a year or two, every single piece of writing advice you could find was summed up in these three words: Platform, platform, platform. You want to get published? Build a platform. You want an agent? Build a platform. You want a contract? Build a platform. You get the idea. It was […]
Five Links Friday 12/11/15
It’s Friday! Let’s get right to it… 1. K.M. Weiland has a nice post at her awesome blog looking at anti-climatic endings, which are a problem we all face every now and then in our writing. 2. We all get angry sometimes, especially us writers who are trying to balance our writing with our family […]
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