Hey, it’s time again for Five Links Friday. Here are some good writing links. Check ’em out and have a nice Friday afternoon, even if you’re stuck in the rain. 1. From Kristen A Kieffer’s She’s Novel blog, here is How to Create Character Motivations That Will Rivet Your Readers. Sometimes I have trouble with […]
Five Links Friday 4/24/15
It’s time again for Five Links Friday, although we were dangerously close to making this on the first Five Links Saturday. Let’s have at it. 1. This one is more of a motivational post than a strictly writing related one, but 15 Questions to Ask Yourself Every Friday by Adrian Granzella Larssen at The Daily […]
The 3 Most Convenient Places to Brainstorm
“Where do you get your ideas?” It’s a question that every writer has been asked at least once. But no matter how many writers have been asked that question, and no matter how many times, the answer is the same: “Damned if I know.” If pressed to elaborate, we might add something along the lines […]
Five Links Friday 4/10/15
Hey, it’s already Friday. The week went by pretty quickly and I’m sure the weekend will too, so make the most of it. Here are the best articles I read about writing this week. 1. Let’s start with a post by Kimberly Vanderhorst at WriterPitch. Your first page is usually your most important one, so […]
How NOT to write
Allow me to gripe, if you will… I went to Scooters with a good 90 minutes to write today. Total freedom. And I don’t mean freedom from the kids or anything like that. I’m currently caught up on all of my writing stuff for the rest of the weekend. The first round of my novel […]
Five Links Friday 3/27/15
Five Links Friday! Here’s some great stuff to check out over the weekend. 1. Feeling a little down about your writing, or anything else going on in your life? You shouldn’t. Here are 20 Signs You’re Doing Better Than You Think You Are from Pulptastic. Most likely at least a few of these apply to […]
10 Day Writing Challenge
There is nothing worse than when you block out a few hours for some uninterrupted writing time and then when you get everything ready to get started, you run into a massive and sudden bout of writer’s block. It’s like, “What the hell, where did all of my ideas go?” This happens to me sometimes […]
5 Steps to Overcoming Writer’s Block
I was looking over my so-called writing accomplishments for the year so far, and I started to feel a little down about my writing. I know I shouldn’t; it’s not like I’ve wasted the last 23 days. In fact January has been pretty good so far. I launched Write Good Books on the first of […]