Andrew M. Friday

Tag: sensory details

  • Friday’s Findings: Keeping a Writing Journal

    Friday’s Findings: Keeping a Writing Journal

    I work as a technical editor for an airline. A year and a half ago, my department moved into the gigantic new hangar the airline built. While I love the new building, I never thought it would help me in my writing. But it does. It just so happens the science fiction novella I’m working…

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Every situation is an opportunity for a writer to collect sensory details. Tomorrow, one of my closest friends for many years (decades, really), is getting married. I’m so happy for her and her groom. As a writer, I’m going to take the opportunity to mentally record sensory details for possible use in future stories. Weddings…

  • Start The Scene With Action And Dialogue

    Start The Scene With Action And Dialogue

    Okay, this is a long post. Just warning you. This good news is you can just read the highlights in bold to get the gist for each section. This post is for reference as you may want to experiment with the writing exercise I’ve fleshed out in the following paragraphs. In the previous post, I…