More often than I’d like to admit, there have been plenty of nights where I looked through my works in process and just said, “Eh, let’s start something new.” Sadly, especially half a decade ago when I first started writing (geesh, I’m getting old), this would end up morphing into an entire night wasted in […]
7 Things About Writing I Would Tell Myself 7 Years Ago
I wrote the first draft of my first short story one snowy night over Christmas break in 2009. It was a silly little story about alien abductions from the aliens’ point of view. It was eventually published at The WiFiles under the title of Breeding Ground, and it’s worth a look if you want a […]
Podcast Episode 8: Dealing With Writer’s Block
In this episode of the Write Good Books Podcast, Scott and Jason look at writer’s block. What causes it and how can you deal with it? 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 wife and kids. He […]
The 250 Word Baby Step
I recently wrote an article about struggling to finish my second novel. My problems in that case–my writer’s block, if you will–were related to editing and revising. But what about writing? What do you do when you’re writing struggle is that you’re literally having trouble getting the words on paper and finish a story story? […]
To me: “Shut up and finish your novel.”
You know, I don’t really believe in the condition of writer’s block. I do believe that every writer will at some point have trouble writing. Some people call that “writer’s block”, but all it really means is that you’re either distracted, unmotivated, or simply working on the wrong project. This is happening to me a […]
“I have writer’s block”
What do you do when you have writer’s block? It’s something that happens to everyone every now and then, but what is writer’s block really? I’d say its most basic definition is that it’s a condition where–for whatever reason–a writer is unable to write. One could argue, however, that there is really no such thing; […]
Five Links Friday 7/15/2015
And I’m back with another Five Links Friday. Sorry I missed out last week. I was fighting a weird fever and stuff, but I lived to see another Friday. 1. Indie Author News has some great advice for authors using Twitter. Take it to heart. And stop retweeting reviews of your book. Nobody cares. 2. […]
Five Links Friday 5/29/15
It’s the last Friday in May. Don’t waste it! Write. And read. Read this stuff… 1. For you self-published authors out there, here are Five Tips for Success as a Self-Published Author by Susan Kaye Quinn at Becca Campbell’s blog. 2. We’re all familiar with NaNoWriMo, but for an extra challenge, why not try JuNoWriMo? […]