In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott look at how to write a good twist ending. A well thought-out twist can make or break a story. Find out what works and what doesn’t. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS and YouTube. About […]
Three steps of novel revision
You finished your first draft. Now what? Well, first things first, sit back and congratulate yourself. You did it! How many people can say they finished a novel? Even if you don’t plan to do anything with it (although I’d argue you should), you’ve made a great accomplishment. But here’s the bad news. Writing the […]
Editing and the Creative Process
Here are a couple of quotes that I would like to share (I can’t tell you at the moment who to credit for them, but if you know, leave a comment at the bottom of this post.): “Editing kills the creative process” and “Writing is the honeymoon, editing is the marriage” Both quotes tell you […]
3 Reasons for Writer’s Block
The dreaded feeling of writer’s block can be lurking around every corner, ready to pounce when the poor, unsuspecting writer least expects it. Or so that’s what we’re lead to believe. In reality, writer’s block is no big deal. It’s not even a real problem. What writer’s block actually is is a symptom of a […]
4 Reasons to avoid dream sequences
In a post last year I listed a few ways to not start your novel. The first thing I listed in that post was dream sequences. I’ll still argue that if you open your story or novel with a dream, you’d better have a darn good reason for it. (Disclaimer: one of my WIP novels […]
What to do when you get stuck in the middle of your novel
I was making decent progress on a novel I had been working on. It’s got a solid outline mapping out a few of the major characters arcs and the overlying plot. But a little over a third of the way in, I realized something terrible. The scene I happened to be typing was…boring. It felt […]
What you can learn from your abandoned stories
In a post last week, I talked about how I’m going to take a little break from novels and try to boost my writing morale by finishing a couple of short stories. I decided to work on a paranormal horror story that has been sitting in my WIP folder for…wow, for like six years. Here’s […]
Where’s the conflict?
Three Types of conflict, plus(?) We can all remember learning about conflict in literature when we were in high school. The classic three types of conflict are: Man vs. Man. Man vs. Nature. Man vs. Self. You can also add Man vs. Society, but I would argue that that isn’t really any different than Man […]
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