Category: my novel’s progress
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Friday’s Findings
From last Monday: I’m on “staycation” this week. As far as my writing, here are some things I promise myself to do with my extra time this week: For NaNoWriMo next month, I promise to do practice writing sprints every day. I will work on my current WIPs. Also for NaNo, I will further develop…
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Ideas for Organizing Your Writing Space
Looking for some ways to organize your writing space? Let me share how I organize my writing files digitally. I create a folder called WRITING. Within that folder, I have three sub-folders: Writing ProjectsIn this sub-folder, I create a sub-folder for each current writing project I’m working on. This has really helped me have a…
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Friday’s Findings
I enjoy a writing group I joined on Facebook. It’s a small group, only 20 or so, and it’s focused on supporting each other during this year’s NaNoWriMo. For a while, I’ve always thought being a part of a small group on social media is a great way for people to support each other. Whether…
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Friday’s Findings
I’m doing word sprints in preparation for NaNoWriMo. Yes, I’m training like an athlete trains for a race. In this case, I sit in my chair, set my phone for 20 minutes and write non-stop on my WIP (not my NaNoWriMo project). If you think about it, isn’t this a great way to write a…
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Friday’s Findings: Game of Three
Three. Three WIPs. I am in the middle of working on three works-in-progress. Usually, I’ll work on one for about a week, get it to a stage where I can let it sit, and then go to another WIP. A quick update on where I’m at with them: Traption: Consortium Episode 4 I’m writing and…
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Brainstorming for NaNoWriMo (or for any story you want to write)
Whether a writer is a planner or pantser, wither can engage in some minimal planning for NaNoWriMo. If he or she doesn’t want to think about it until twelve midnight on November first, nothing wrong with that. However, they may want to lay some groundwork for their 50,000 word story—nothing wrong with that either—as long…
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Friday’s Findings
I made some big headway this week as I plan my story for National Novel Writing Month 2021. I have my protagonist sketched out. I have my plot summarized for each scene. If it were November 1st, I’d be all set. This year I’m taking a month from my regular writing projects to write a…
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Friday’s Findings
A couple weekends ago–Labor Day weekend–I decided to check off at least one item on my to-do: reorganize my walk-in closet. Now, this walk-in closet not only served as a place for my clothes, but also as my writing/graphic design studio. But the problem was this: it had become a junk room. I could barely…
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One Way to Get Ideas for Writing Stories
Potential spoilers: If you haven’t watched Love and Monsters and plan to, you should know the following post has some potential spoilers. Are you looking for an idea for writing your next short story or novel? Are you coming up with nada? Well, look out. The following is just one way to generate an idea…
Andrew M. Friday 