by Ali | Jun 9, 2023 | Motivation
Nine Writing Milestones to Celebrate (and Goals to Aim For) This post was first published in March 2012 and updated in June 2023. The writing path is rewarding and varied – but it can also feel very long. If your definition of “success” is to be a best-selling author...
by Ali | May 18, 2023 | Motivation
How Long Does it Take to Write 1000 Words? This post was first published in April 2020 and updated in May 2023. Whether you’re working on a novel, blog post, academic essay, or any other big project, it’s really helpful to know roughly how long it takes to write 1000...
by Ali | Apr 28, 2023 | Fiction
Five Options for Telling Your Story in a Non-Linear Way … and Why You Might Want To Stories have a beginning, middle, and end … but they don’t necessarily need to be told in that order. Plenty of stories follow the advice given to Alice by the King in Alice in...
by Ali | Apr 20, 2023 | Motivation
Are Your Writing Dreams Unrealistic? This post was first published in August 2014 and updated in April 2023. Sometimes, I get emails like this: I enjoyed your blog post on making money from your writing. I’d love to make a living writing but I don’t know...
by Ali | Mar 24, 2023 | Motivation
Four Powerful Ways to Protect Your Writing Time (From Yourself and From Other People) You almost certainly don’t have all day, every day, to write. In fact, you might only have little pieces of writing time – half an hour here, 15 minutes there, maybe a full afternoon...
