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Five Links Friday 3/18/16

March 18, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

The best articles I read about writing this week

Wow, another eventful and crazy week is behind us. Hope you had a great St. Patrick’s day, if that’s your thing, and be sure to read these five links when you can. 1. We’re all writers here, right? We’re all creative people here, right? So why can’t we figure out a creative way to get […]

Podcast Episode 5: Planners and Pantsers

March 2, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Scott and Jason discuss the differences between discovery writing and outlining, and share what works and what doesn’t work for them. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS. About the hosts Jason Bougger lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his […]

Four Things I See in Fiction I Don’t Like

February 25, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

If you’re a writer, chances are you’re a reader too. And as with any type of entertainment, there’s going to be plenty of things you see as a fan that irritate you. Here are four of mine, in no particular order. 1. Arrogant writers Readers can tell when a writer is talking down to them. […]

Podcast Episode 4: Editing an Online Magazine

February 17, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Scott and Jason discuss what goes into running Jason’s ezine, Theme of Absence, including the submission process and story selection. Also included is how editing a publication can help your own writing. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS. […]

Planning the next few months. And questioning my sanity…

February 4, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

Looking at the busy stuff going on in real life while trying to work my fiction in on the side.

I started off this year saying, “I do not want to find myself asking where the hell 2016 went.” And I stand by that. I swear, as you age, years fly by before you can even blink an eye. I set up some fairly ambitious goals for the year and promised to reach them no […]

How I Plot Fiction (or quasi-discovery write)

February 1, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

Plotting is one of those things that can be a lot of fun, or it can take all of the creativity out of your story and turn it into a term-paper. I really believe that the most fun you can have writing is when you are creating. It’s a great feeling to watch characters appear […]

Five Links Friday 9/25/15

September 25, 2015 By: Jason Bougger

The best articles I read about writing this week.

It’s time again for Five Links Friday. Give ’em a look, and enjoy your weekend. 1. Let’s start with a post about your writer platform from Chuck Sambuchino at First Novels Club. This is especially interesting to me, since a good chunk of my “writing” time is devoted to this: Building Your Writer Platform—How Much […]

Five Links Friday 8/7/15

August 7, 2015 By: Jason Bougger

The Best Articles I Read About Writing This Week

And, we’re back for another Five Links Friday. I had this scheduled to go up earlier, but had a couple of technical problems last night and needed to restore the site from backups. That meant I also lost yesterday’s post. Doh. Oh well, it could be worse. Here’s some reading about writing for ya. Enjoy! […]

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