As someone who occasionally reads and writes fantasy and has a great appreciation for fantasy RPGs, it’s hard not to acknowledge how important J.R.R. Tolkien’s contribution to the literary (and entertainment) world have been. From D&D to Nethack to Harry Potter to the Final Fantasy series, Tolkien’s work has influenced nearly every aspect of high […]
Five Links Friday 2/2/18
Hey, it’s time once again for Five Links Friday. Enjoy! 1. I’ll admit that memoirs are totally not my thing. But if writing a memoir is the thing for you, be sure to check out this interesting post on How to Write a Memoir from reedsy.com. 2. I’ve always said that building empathy for your […]
4 Areas to Increase Conflict in Your Story
I was looking over one of my unfinished pieces of fiction, trying to figure out what exactly was wrong with it before taking it down the path of becoming a finished piece of fiction and one thought kept popping into my head: “This is boring.” That’s a rather painful realization to have about a work-in-progress, […]
A new look at revisions
I’ve been feeling a little down about writing stuff for the last few days. Not a big deal, and that’s the not point of this post. But to state it simply, I was looking over my WIP folder and everything there seemed like crap. And then I started thinking about some novels I started and […]
Podcast Episode 53 – Religion in Your Fiction (part 1)
In this episode of the Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott discuss how to respectfully incorporate religion in the setting of your fictional world, and also how to use religion to further develop your characters. Related Links: Holy Fudgesicles, The Exorcist, Until the End About the hosts Jason Bougger lives in Omaha, Nebraska with […]
Challenge your characters
You may be familiar with Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling, and if not, you should check it out. It’s got a lot a great one or two sentence tips that could come in really helpful for newer writers. One that sticks out in particular for me relates to challenging your character: 6. What is your […]
Five Links Friday 12/1/17
It’s like already December. And I see I haven’t posted in a week, so…ick. But I had a good excuse; I was helping someone start an exciting new project, so let’s all wish her the best. And with that said, here is another edition of Five Links Friday. Enjoy! 1. Let’s start with some writing […]
Five Links Friday 10/27/17
Hey, I’m back for another edition of Five Links Friday! I see I missed last week, which was something like only the second time I’ve skipped the Friday post, but I was suffering from the plague, so I’m giving myself a pass. Anyhow, enough with the jibber jabber–onto the the links! 1. With NaNoWriMo just […]
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