Category: motivation
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Wrap It Up
Writing a novel is a marathon. Writing that final scene is like finishing the long race. I wrote the final scene to my WIP before I finished the first draft. They–whoever the writing experts are–say the writer needs to have the ending in mind before he starts writing. That may be true for writers who…
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Friday’s Findings
I’m about to release my third novella and I’ve been using the resources available through Amazon/Kindle to create my book. Amazon may not be for everyone, but right now, it has most of the market for selling books. There’s a lot of competition out there on the Amazon website. Kindle has some marketing tools to…
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Friday’s Findings
Usually, I link to articles about the writing craft for Friday’s Findings – articles on character, plot, writing style and such. This past week I found several articles focusing more on a writer’s overall plan; things like an author’s mission statement, planning process, story concept and marketing. I even found a link to famous authors…
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Am I Crazy?
I haven’t blogged much for the past two weeks because I’ve been busy finishing my latest episode for my space opera series Consortium. The third book should be coming out July 15. I’ll post on here when it is available for pre-order. So, I have a few writing projects (or works-in-progress, as writers say) on…
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Successful Writers
Click on infographic to see enlarged version. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels
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Friday’s Finding
Here are some articles on writing I’ve come across lately. My hope for you is you to stay safe. Find motivation to improve your writing craft as a way to remain mentally healthy if you are at home for an extended period of time. Fueling Your Writing With Feeling How to End a Story: Top…
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Friday’s Findings
Semicolons. I think of them as the yellow on a traffic stoplight. But I admit it. I love using the semicolon. When I write a rough draft, I indulge my semicolon addiction, but when I self-edit, I have to rewrite most of the sentences where I use them. They are like spice; I use them…
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Friday’s Findings
While being at home this week, I took a Udemy.com course called How to Plan and Outline Novels (Using Scrivener). I loved the simplicity of how the instructor, novelist Sean Platt, broke down the novel writing process. And I got a lot of great ideas for using Scrivener. The course is only about two hours…
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Friday's Findings
I always think of my first draft as a lump of clay I’ve been working on for only a few minutes. It’s wet and soggy and unpainted, but I know it’s unfinished and the best is yet to come. Why Your First Draft Isn’t Crap Stop Killing Your Creative Genius How a Career Can Reveal…
Andrew M. Friday 