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Friday’s Findings: A Fiction writing Experiment in Layering

March 5, 2021 andrewmfriday

I’ve been experimenting with layering as a way to develop a scene. One aspect of layering I find helpful is how it can focus on

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Checklist for writing a scene

June 30, 2016 andrewmfriday

When it came to my novel, I honestly didn’t think I’d have to do that. But, here I am, the stage of my novel where I am going over each scene, and I am “killing my darlings.” I want to keep most of the scenes, but I have a criteria I go over that may tell me otherwise.

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What I’m learning as I write my novel, part 2

January 15, 2015 andrewmfriday

In my previous blog entry, I began listing some things I’m learning as I write my current novel. Here are some more: Let the story

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The murdering of perfectionism in planning your novel

September 24, 2012 andrewmfriday

Are you the kind of writer who just starts writing and sees where it goes? Or, are you the kind of writer who plans every

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