Author: andrewmfriday
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Friday’s Findings: Five things I’ve learned in five years, part 2
A few weeks ago, I named five things I learned about the writing craft in the last five years, which are things about the actual writing process. As I came up with that list, I serendipitously came up with items that didn’t relate directly to the craft but to the writing life. These would be…
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Science Fiction & Fantasy I’ve Read Lately
I’ve been traveling in time with my speculative fiction reading lately. While the first two reviews below are recently released science fiction novels, the third review goes back a few years. Then I got brave. I read a fantasy from a few decades ago. Here’s what I thought: Cascade Failure by L. M. Sagas Science…
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Friday’s Findings: Every Sentence
“Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.” -Kurt Vonnegut Friday’s Findings My Linktree
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Friday’s Findings: The Beginning
“Let the writing have its beginning — at the end.” -Edgar Allan Poe Friday’s Findings Photo by Balazs Kiss: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-forest-4279380/ My Linktree
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Scare Me Up: Horror Books for This Halloween Season
Last night I did this goofy thing in the spirit of Halloween. I turned off all the lights and listened to an audio version of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. It’s less than an hour long and super creepy. I recommend you do the same thing with a short and…
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Friday’s Findings: Stupid stuff that scared me when I was a stupid kid
When I was a little kid, like four or five years old, I would torture myself this way: while everyone else was watching tv in the warm, cozy, well-lit living room, I would sneak off to the dark, cold, empty kitchen. I would stand in front of the door that led down into the basement.…
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Focus on word count
“I try to focus on word count per day. So when I do first drafts, I aim to write a set word count every Monday – Friday until the book is done. That means that I can usually predict the day the book will be done when I start it.” — Taylor Jenkins Reidauthor of…
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Friday’s Findings: Five things I’ve learned in five years
In my post last Friday, I talked about writers should keep learning their craft. I thought about writing practices I had learned in the last five years. I took an inventory and came up with two lists: Today, I want to show you my writing craft tips. These are writing practices I’ve discovered in the…
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Simple Advice for Writing
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” -Ernest Hemingway Photo by cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-writing-on-a-white-paper-7610770/ My Linktree
Andrew M. Friday 