by Ali | Jan 9, 2025 | Fiction
Choosing Viewpoint Characters: What’s Right for Your Story? This post was first published in May 2017 and last updated in January 2025. Sometimes, it’s obvious who the POV (point of view) character(s) will be for a particular story. Maybe you’re writing a...
by Ali | Jan 3, 2025 | Motivation
My Annual Writing Goals for 2025 (Plus Support for Your Writing Goals) Quick announcement, in case you don’t read to the end: During January, you can get Writers’ Cafe membership for just $5 for your first month. If you’d like to get 2025 off to a great start,...
by Ali | Dec 19, 2024 | Motivation
Annual Writing Goal Progress in Q4, 2024 – What’s Worked This Year and What Hasn’t? We’re almost at the end of 2024. You might remember that after Q3, I wrote that I was running behind where I wanted to be with my writing. Spoiler alert: I did not catch up in Q4! I’ll...
by Ali | Dec 5, 2024 | Fiction
Indirect Characterisation: What Is It and How Is It Different From Direct Characterisation? “Characterisation” is how we show, on the page, who our characters are. But there are a couple of different ways we might go about that: direct characterisation and indirect...
by Ali | Nov 21, 2024 | Creativity
What is Writer’s Block? The Myth, the Reality, and How to Overcome It If you’re struggling to write – if you feel wrung out of ideas, you can’t focus, or you’d rather do anything but sit down and put words on the page – you might feel that you’re suffering from...
