Andrew M. Friday

Category: writing

  • Don’t Be Hard on Yourself

    Don’t Be Hard on Yourself

    “You’re going to suck when you start. Sucking when you start is okay. Every new project, no matter how brilliant the idea at the heart of it happens to be, is going to start by sucking. Just deal with it, and soldier through. Every sentence is a learning experience.” -Seanan McGuire My Linktree

  • Neil Gaiman on the Idea

    Neil Gaiman on the Idea

    “But the truth is, it’s not the idea, it’s never the idea, it’s always what you do with it.” -Neil Gaiman Photo by LED Supermarket: https://www.pexels.com/photo/light-bulb-577514/

  • All the Writing Blogs You Want

    All the Writing Blogs You Want

    I’ve created a new page for this blog. It’s a list of blogs I find helpful in writing. I’ll be adding to it regularly as I find new writing blogs I like, so feel free to check back often. Go to the writing blog list page. Have a happy holiday season! Photo by Martin Mariani:…

  • Three Things to Become a Successful Novelist

    Three Things to Become a Successful Novelist

    “You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things that you can control, and so that is the one that you have to focus on controlling, and you just have to hope and trust in the other two.” Michael Chabon Recent blog…

  • Friday’s Findings: Hints

    Friday’s Findings: Hints

    “Far better to give your readers some hints and then allow them to fill in the blanks for themselves.” ― Renni Browne, David King, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers Photo by cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-person-using-magnifying-glass-7319077/ My Linktree

  • And We’re Off: First Day of NaNoWriMo 2023

    And We’re Off: First Day of NaNoWriMo 2023

    I belong to the writing community of Writing Mastery Academy online and I wrote this in the National Novel Writing Month discussion group this morning: “I woke up about 10 minutes before midnight, and figured I should go ahead and do a couple of word sprints. I got about 800 words in one hour, which…

  • Writing Is a Privilege

    Writing Is a Privilege

    “And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right.” ― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-leaf-trees-near-the-road-33109/ My Linktree

  • Friday’s Findings: Brevity

    Friday’s Findings: Brevity

    Photo by Sohel Patel: https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-and-brown-ceramic-vase-1804035/