Category: Friday’s Findings
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Friday’s Findings: The Recipe for Interiority
There’s this new term I’ve come across in the fiction craft world: interiority. I had never heard of it until last year when I took Mary Kole’s online class called Crafting Dynamic Characters. Great class. As far as using it as a writing craft term, I don’t know who coined interiority, but Kole built her…
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Friday’s Findings: The Moon Is Shining
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” -Anton Chekhov Friday’s Findings: The Best Writing Advice from Successful Authors (jennamoreci.com) Human-Centered Book Marketing With Dan Blank | The Creative Penn Avoid, Persevere, Endure, Fight: 4 Goals for Unforgettable Opening Scenes | Jane Friedman How to Improve Your…
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Friday’s Findings: Sentence Purpose
“Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.” – Kurt Vonnegut Friday’s Findings: How to Choose Story Settings: The 4 Basic Types of Setting – Helping Writers Become Authors One of the Things I’ve Learned About Writing (goinswriter.com) How to Deliver Backstory Without Confusing the Reader | Jane…
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Friday’s Findings: Were You Meant to Be An Author?
“Finish the novel. Then write another one. And then, write another one … If you give up after your first book, you were never meant to be an author.” – Ted Dekker Writing Blog Highlights: 5 Ways to Start a Story: Choosing a Bold Beginning | Now Novel 13 Limiting Beliefs That Hold Writers Back…
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Friday’s Findings: Doing Whatever It Takes
The title of today’s blog entry refers to an update on my writing progress. I’ve been stuck for several weeks. I’ve been having trouble finishing even one scene. I decided to take action. In my science fiction novel, my characters spend about twenty scenes on a planet called Zonvillon. I had already written a couple…
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Friday’s Findings: Keep It Simple
The best principle to keep in mind when it comes to making writing goals for the new year is this: keep it simple. I’ve broken my writing goals down in three ways: Yearly goal: finish a decent draft of my novel Oblivion’s Hope. Weekly goal: write at least one or two scenes a week for…
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Friday’s Findings: What I Read This Year
This has been a record breaking year for my reading. So far, I’ve read 62 books and will probably finish a couple more before the end of the year. In case you’re curious, you can peruse my list of the books I read (in the order I read them). Sorry I don’t have more critique…
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Friday’s Findings: An Experiment in Screenplay Writing
Warning: possible spoilers for the novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay follow. Let me start off by saying I do not intend to become a screenplay writer. What I did yesterday was for fun. It started when I began re-reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. I had forgotten…
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Friday’s Findings: Brevity
Brevity – How to Say More with Less | Writing Commons How to write with brevity for more impactful copy. – Growth Models Brevity Is Beautiful – BetterExplained Seven Rules of Brevity The Importance of Writing with Brevity – Writing Center | Xavier University Photo by Sohel Patel: https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-and-brown-ceramic-vase-1804035/
