In writing, as in most creative endeavors, patience is a requirement. On this week's episode of How to Write Good, I talk about how taking your time can help you write better as well as a strategy for starting out slow and developing writing stamina.

We take a break from writing rules on this week's episode of How to Write Good to talk about realizing that success happens overnight for very few. We discuss the need to find intrinsic motivation to write or do something creative.

We continue with the rules for How to Write Good. Join me as I talk about Mad Max, musical dynamics, and loud noises on this week's episode of How to Write Good.

On this week's episode of HTWG, I have the honor to host the musical duo 7000 Apart. Not only a musical duo, they are husband and wife, and we talk about everything from their band name, to creativity, to the creative process used to arrive at both compelling music and compelling story.

Learn more about 7000 Apart by visiting their website, www.7000apart.com, or following them on Facebook or Instagram @7000apart.

On this week's episode of How to Write Good, I talk about how paragraphs should be used to convey ideas. How should sentences fit into specific paragraphs? How should paragraphs fit into chapters? How should chapters fit into a larger story? And is it okay to use topic sentences to describe something in a story? Find out on this week's episode of How to Write Good.

One of my biggest pet peeves in writing is when a writer tells me I shouldn't do something or use a specific word, whether this writer is Stepen King telling me I shouldn't be using adverbs or Vonnegut telling me that I shouldn't be using semicolons. I love semicolons; they make me happy. In this episode of How to Write Good, I talk about the different rules writers have put on the writing world as well as why they have done this. Besides this, I talk about my objections to these rules while still trying to reveal the goal of what these writers are presenting.

We have gone through the first five and most important rules for writing. Now, we continue by talking about rules that apply to creative writing more specifically. For Rule #6, we talk about how each reader has a specific set of information they are coming to writing with, and we are not trying to convey something perfectly specific in our writing but are trying to get across a basic idea they are able to fill out themselves.

For Rule #5, I talk about the necessity of knowing what you are talking about when you are writing. If you want to write something that you know nothing about, you need to take time to understand that thing. For non-fiction, this requires close reading, but for every time of writing, it requires time for you to ruminate about the topic. For fiction, you will have to kick your imagination into gear (which is why fiction writing is so much more fun). Stay in touch with my by visiting my website at www.danielpoppie.com.

Rule #4 makes its debut on How to Write Good this week. Why is it so much better to read something that is describing something you can touch, smell, taste, and feel, and why should you always write to appeal to the five senses? Find out on this week of How to Write Good. To stay in touch with me, check out my website at www.danielpoppie.com.

My third writing rule on this week's episode of How to Write Good. Why does it matter that people have short memories? Join me as I talk about Rubik's cubes, spinning plates, translating math problems (eww), and the best Word of the Week in the history of Words of the Week. Stay in touch at www.danielpoppie.com.