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 15, 2024 | Fiction
Stop Procrastinating, Start Writing: 3 Situations That Trigger Writing Procrastination (& What You Can Do) Procrastination is the bane of many writers … or would-be writers. It can affect you at any stage of your writing life. And it’s one of the top problems I...
by Ali | Nov 7, 2024 | Creativity
Writing Voice: Finding Yours and Loosening Up When Your Writing Seems Stilted or Dry In this year’s Aliventures survey, one person wrote: “When I decide to write for public consumption, my writing becomes stilted and didactic. I write much more loosely and enjoy...
