Andrew M. Friday

Month: October 2018

  • Character Creations: Laying the Foundation

    Character Creations: Laying the Foundation

    I am having a blast creating characters for my NaNoWriMo project this year. I used some tools I haven’t applied in the past and I wanted to tell you about them. But first, a caveat: this is just for the beginning of character development. I believe in just laying a foundation for a character before…

  • Friday’s Findings: 10.26.18

    Friday’s Findings: 10.26.18

    Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Bucket List for Writers Outline Your Novel the Incredibly Easy Way How to Prepare for Writing a Book: 4 Steps Writing Fiction: Stop “Writing”, Create Experiences Writing Is Selection

  • A Little Preview of My NaNoWriMo Project

    A Little Preview of My NaNoWriMo Project

    Here’s my story preview for National Novel Writing Month. I’ve given my novel the working title of Another Species. It’s a stand-alone story set inside my Consortium universe. Here’s the synopsis: Species rescuer Jad Cesson is determined to find and save his kidnapped pet, a questica named Sebastian. But when he discovers The Consortium is fazing…

  • Friday’s Findings: 10.19.18

    Friday’s Findings: 10.19.18

    Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: 11 Ways to Write More Scientific Fiction: Lessons from Michael Crichton Realistic dialogue: Writing conversations using setting Finding Your Character’s Blind Spot How to Build Suspense In Your Story The 7 Deadly Sins of Novelists (According to Editors)

  • The Non-Rules of NaNoWriMo

    The Non-Rules of NaNoWriMo

    National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) whips aspiring writers up to writing a 50,000 word draft of a novel in the month of November.  I’ve been doing it off and on for ten years and I have about a fifty-percent success rate. By success, I mean I finish 50,000 words by November’s end. I can tell…

  • Tools I’m Using for NaNoWriMo

    Tools I’m Using for NaNoWriMo

    I haven’t done National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in four years. I got busy with other projects, but this year I’m in a position to take a break and enjoy the spontaneity  of starting a fiction novel from scratch. It’s an opportunity to rediscover the joy of creating something with abandon. If you haven’t done…

  • Friday’s Findings: 10.05.18

    Friday’s Findings: 10.05.18

      Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: 10 Obstacles to Writing a Book and How to Conquer Them What Is Purple Prose? And How to Avoid It The Hardest Thing with Writing Your Novel Journey How to write a positive change character arc