Author: andrewmfriday
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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…
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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)
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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…
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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…
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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
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Surprise Appendectomy!
Usually, on Fridays i post Fridays Findings. But yesterday I had to go the hospital because I was in pain. I thought I was having severe indigestion or something worse but it ended up being my appendix. So, I’m sitting in the recovery room feeling much better now that it’s out of my body. Yes…
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NaNoWriMo on the Horizon …
A warning: I’m going to vent a little in the first half of this blog posting, but I’m offering up some NaNoWriMo advice in the second half. First, I want to mention something I’ve noticed about haters of NaNoWriMo. They just don’t get it. NaNoWriMo haters assume it’s about getting published. “Most NaNoWriMo participants never…
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The Prequels of the Maze Runner
My Reading: Past, Present and Future 09.19.18 Past: The Kill Zone (audio) by James Dashner Past: The Fever Code (audio) by James Dashner I read the Maze Runner series (The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure) a couple of years ago, and finally I got around to listening to the two prequels…
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Tension: using dialogue to tighten the cord
“Small disagreements add up to show characters’ differences (of opinion, desire, mood).” –Writing tense dialogue: 5 ways to add arresting tension To me, dialogue is the most fun part of writing fiction, but it is also the hardest part. It is a writer’s tool for creating humor, sub-text, suspense and surprise among many fictional elements.…
Andrew M. Friday 