Of course, when an author writes “His fingers inched up her leg,” they don’t mean it literally. The problem, however, lies in the interpretation and not in the intention. An author’s job is to paint a picture with words, to create a story. If we use detached body parts as a part of that picture,…
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John Goode Gets To The Heart Of The Matter In This Final Installment Of His Writing Series
Ok, so here on our last installment I want to go over the part that is the most important part of any story to me personally: the theme. What, at the end of the day, is your message, and how well did your story get that message across? I know you’re thinking, message? What message…
This Post Has Been Made Before (And Was Probably Better The First Time Around) by John Goode
I have come bearing bad news if you are a writer or want to be one. I know this will come as a shock to most people, but I am afraid there is just no getting around it. So, here I go. There are no more… new? Untold? stories in the world. There! I said…
Hello? Whose Line Is It Anyways? – John Goode Knows
Okay. So write me a novel. No, don’t look at me like that. Go think of completely new characters, complete with back stories, an entire setting, and a fully developed plotline. Stat. I still don’t know what Stat is, but I like saying it. Write me a novel! Stat! No? Not sure where to start?…
Let's Have A Little Talk With John Goode
You said what now? So an acquaintance of mine said on Twitter that he was working on a screenplay and posted a picture of his laptop with it open. Being the nosy inquisitive person I am, I enlarged the picture to read what he had written. Now, I know nothing about the story or the…
Let’s Have A Little Talk With John Goode
You said what now? So an acquaintance of mine said on Twitter that he was working on a screenplay and posted a picture of his laptop with it open. Being the nosy inquisitive person I am, I enlarged the picture to read what he had written. Now, I know nothing about the story or the…
John Goode Asks The Question "Where Are We Now?" Good Thing He Also Knows The Answer.
Where are we now? Okay, so we’ve gone over turning an idea into a story. We have looked at how important words can be to describe a scene. Let’s hit on a point some writers don’t think about a lot: the setting. Where and when we are can color a story as much as the…
John Goode Asks The Question “Where Are We Now?” Good Thing He Also Knows The Answer.
Where are we now? Okay, so we’ve gone over turning an idea into a story. We have looked at how important words can be to describe a scene. Let’s hit on a point some writers don’t think about a lot: the setting. Where and when we are can color a story as much as the…
"It Was A Dark And Stormy Night…" According To John Goode
It was a dark and stormy night… So let’s get down to the brass tacks, the things that make a good writer a great writer—invoking emotion using the printed word, for example. Using images, it is so much easier since your brain can take visual information and then fill a story in for it, creating…
“It Was A Dark And Stormy Night…” According To John Goode
It was a dark and stormy night… So let’s get down to the brass tacks, the things that make a good writer a great writer—invoking emotion using the printed word, for example. Using images, it is so much easier since your brain can take visual information and then fill a story in for it, creating…
John Goode Had This Idea Once, And Then He Came To Share It With Us
“I had this idea once.” How many times have you told someone you were a writer and, within nanoseconds, heard those four innocent little words balloon into what promises to be a story which, even if it stopped at three words, is WAY too long? We all have ideas. All of us. Imagination is the…
