by Ali | Jul 26, 2024 | Motivation
Aliventures Summer Break 2024 – 10 Posts to Catch Up On It’s summer time here in the UK and I’m taking a few weeks off from blogging. I’ll be enjoying a trip to the North Wales coast, plus lots of adventures with my kids! I’ll be back when they...
by Ali | Jul 18, 2024 | Editing
Ten Sentence-Level Mistakes to Watch Out for When Editing Your Fiction [With Examples] This post was originally published on Aliventures in 2016 and updated in July 2024. When you’re editing fiction, whether it’s a short story or an epic novel, you need to edit on...
by Ali | Jul 12, 2024 | Fiction
How to Get Your Characters Right As You Rewrite Your Novel When you’re reworking your first or second draft, you’ll likely be making some changes relating to your characters and their characterisation (how they come across on the page). If you didn’t quite nail your...
by Ali | Jul 4, 2024 | Motivation
Annual Writing Goal Progress in Q2, 2024 (Plus What’s New on Aliventures) We’re now halfway through 2024 … how’s the year been going for you so far? I hope you’ve been able to get plenty of writing done and make the progress you’ve wanted, but even if that’s not been...
by Ali | Jun 27, 2024 | Creativity
How to Wrap Up a Writing Session Effectively – and Leave Yourself Ready for Next Time You’ve probably given at least a little bit of thought to how you want to start a writing session. Maybe you gather together specific writing supplies, like your pens and notebook....