Andrew M. Friday

Category: writing

  • 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/

  • 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/

  • Friday’s Findings: Brevity

    Friday’s Findings: Brevity

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

  • Terrible First Efforts

    Terrible First Efforts

    Bird by Bird Photo by Klaus Nielsen: https://www.pexels.com/photo/broken-egg-scattered-on-table-in-kitchen-6294191/

  • Friday’s Findings: A Simple Writing Tip From C.S. Lewis

    Friday’s Findings: A Simple Writing Tip From C.S. Lewis

    I just started listening to On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions by C. S. Lewis. The very first piece of advice he gives is so simple but so true. C. S. Lewis, On Writing is available at Amazon.com Photo by Steve Johnson: https://www.pexels.com/photo/multicolored-abstract-painting-1509534/

  • Friday’s Findings: Two Column Method to Drafting

    Friday’s Findings: Two Column Method to Drafting

    I’ve discovered a way to create a rough draft more quickly and conveniently. Sometimes, I’ll have a page of notes about a scene I want to write. But going back and forth from the page with my notes to the page where I’m composing my rough draft slows me down. I tried a split screen,…

  • Should I Do NaNoWriMo?

    Should I Do NaNoWriMo?

    Should I do NaNoWriMo this year? Whether or not I do is in question. Here’s why: I’m currently working on three novels. Yes, I’m crazy. Currently, the momentum I have working on all three is going well. I don’t want to break it. I also have three or four outlines of potential novels. I want…