Connecting with others can be difficult, but the fact that we are actually able to connect with others is somewhat unbelievable. This week I talk about communication on How to Write Good. This week was really me talking about a question that was on my mind about connecting with others. If you enjoy this episode, […]
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Atheist arguments are important to look at just as looking at arguments for the existence of God. In this episode, Vince and I look at both. This week’s guest on How to Write Good is Vince Jacobson. We talk about why he does not think there are any good atheist arguments or ones for the
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Video games may be the dominant artform at this point in time. As writers, we could disregard this medium as beneath us, or we can learn form them. On this week’s episode of HTWG, I talk about what video games can teach us about storytelling. (I’ve been sick for the past 24 hours, so that
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Enjoy writing bad drafts. If you don’t, you are likely to deal with a lot of pain when writing. You can save yourself a lot of agony by enjoying bad drafts. This week we talk about my penultimate writing rule. Writers often express the frustration that they have a difficult time finding what needs to
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How to write dialogue is something I even wonder about, because I don’t know if good dialogue is necessarily copying exactly what we here in life. When you read a book or when you watch a movie, one thing that grabs you is what the characters say. Oftentimes, it is not the action sequences we
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Music development is a process each band goes through. The Band Eden walks us through how things are developed within their band. For this week on How to Write Good, I interview The Band Eden. They are an alternative rock band from Wisconsin. You are really just going to have to listen to it. If
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We are going to deviate from writing itself to talk about an idea that I believe is one of the most important things in life. Most people have children. Some people are good parents, and some parents make me feel sorry for their children. One of the biggest gifts that I think any parent can
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Creativity is a habit. There are different viewpoints on what creativity is, but for the sake of developing your writing, I think it is a habit. We continue with my writing rules. I don’t know whether people don’t have much faith in themselves or whether it is used as an excuse, but I have met
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Chapter Three: The Testing of Ezekiel Fleet Part 1 “Hands up!” the man barked. Ezekiel’s hands rose. He stared at the muzzle of the gun. His eyes ran along its gleaming silver barrel. The man’s hands were large. The tips of his fingernails were black. His hands were encrusted with dirt, maybe from
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Chapter Two: Big Jim’s Peanut Butter Bars The milk man’s truck backfired just as it did every morning, and Ezekiel’s eyes popped open. He sat up in bed. He looked out the window. The milk truck backfired again, more quietly as it turned off Ezekiel’s street onto the next. The city was dark. Except
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