Category: fiction writing
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Friday’s Findings
It’s hard to believe almost a year ago I attended my first Imaginarium conference. This event brings together writers and editors of science fiction, fantasy, horror and other genres that fit into the “speculative fiction” category. Imaginarium offers workshops on honing the fiction writing craft and marketing a writer’s products This year, due to COVID-19,…
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You Can Never Have Too Many Character Infographics
Photo by Anfisa Eremina from Pexels
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Friday’s Findings
Well, I’ve done it. I’ve used two of my favorite things in juxtaposition: Bullet Journalling Evernote I started using Evernote to do my Bullet Journal. If you aren’t familiar with either and are interested in organizing your life, I recommend them both. Meanwhile, here are some articles on writing I’ve come across lately: How To…
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Plot: What’s It All About?
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Friday’s Findings
Writing a novel, or even a short story, can be daunting. “I’ll never finish.” “I don’t have time.” “I’m not a good writer.” Everyone who writes fiction feels this way at times. Here are some habits I’ve picked up along the way to keep me from feeling overwhelmed: I email a scene idea to myself.…
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A New Course of Action
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A Whole New World for Publishing your book
The advantage of being an author today: choosing a publishing path. A writer can self-publish or traditional publish. Or something in between. Also, an author also has the option of publishing in more than one way simultaneously. Photo by James Wheeler from Pexels
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Friday’s Findings
Writing is healing. I haven’t hugged my mom since January. This thought occurred to me earlier this week, and I burst out in tears. Yes, we’ve gotten together for walks outside, wearing masks, keeping six feet apart. We talk on the phone once or twice a week. But I haven’t hugged her lately. So this…
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Some Writing Tools
When I taught college English courses and creative writing classes, I came across a book by Roy Peter Clark called Free to Write: A Journalist Teaches Young Writers. It’s out of print now, but this book offered me a treasure trove of writing instruction for my college students. Recently, I found the infographic below and…
Andrew M. Friday 