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What Comes Before and After Your Story? Character Backstory and Living Happily Ever After
The stories that stick with me are ones where the characters feel like real people, with lives before the story begins … and lives that continue after the final page. These characters don’t…
Annual Writing Goal Progress in Q1, 2024 (What’s Working Well?)
We’re a quarter of the way through 2024, with three months down already. Some years, I get loads done in this first quarter of the year (Q1). But the first three months of 2024 didn’t go quite as smoothly as I’d hoped, with a huge number…
Turning Your Inner Critic into an Inner Coach … and Growing Your Writing Confidence
Have you come across the idea of an “inner critic” before? For writers, the inner critic is that little voice inside your head that criticises your writing. That could be on a big picture scale, with your inner critic telling you things like…
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About Ali
I’m an author (of both fiction and non-fiction) and a freelancer. Aliventures is my homebase online where I share articles on the art, craft and business of writing.
I live in Leeds (UK) with my husband and two kids, and I have degrees in English (MA Cantab, from Cambridge University) and Creative & Life Writing (MA, from Goldsmiths College, University of London).
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