Now that you’ve read through your novel a few times and are pretty happy with how things look, it’s time to work on your query letter and synopsis. If you’re seeking a traditional publishing deal, this is a necessary step, but I’ll be frank with you: It isn’t very fun. What is a synopsis? So […]
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 […]
Write to Get Published
Has anyone ever told you that if you’re writing to be published, you’re writing for all the wrong reasons? If so, I hope you calmly and politely asked what exactly are the “right reasons” to be writing. The answer you were given most likely included some combination of the words love, passion, and free. But […]
March Progress Report and April Goals 2017
Hey, it’s April already! The year is flying by. March was a cool month. As I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, we welcomed the latest edition to our family in March and he’s doing great. As you can imagine, when you bring home a newborn, everything else slows down a bit, but that’s totally okay. […]
Five Links Friday 3/31/17
Oh my, it’s already the last day of March. This month has been a roller-coaster for sure, with the new baby and everything else going on. Anyhow, it’s great to be back with another Five Links after taking a short break from the blog. Here we go! 1. Let’s start with a quick motivational video […]
Podcast Episode 33 – What makes a good ending?
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott look at how to end your short story or novel. What should an ending accomplish? What makes a good ending and what makes bad one? Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS and YouTube. About 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 […]
Getting that First Acceptance Letter
We’ve been home from the hospital with our new baby for just over a week now, but just like with babies number two and three, I’ll never forget that week when we brought home our first little guy. It was actually one specific night that week, that I reached a huge milestone in future writing […]
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