by Ali | Mar 27, 2025 | Fiction
What is Plot … and is it the Same Thing as Story or Narrative? This post was first published in August 2019 and last updated in March 2025. What exactly is plot? Is it just what we call “story” or “narrative” … or is it...
by Ali | Mar 21, 2025 | Editing
How Does Editing Best Fit Into the Writing Process? Four Key Options to Consider When do you stop drafting and start editing? There are lots of different ways you might approach rewriting and editing your novel … and I’m not going to tell you that there’s one...
by Ali | Mar 14, 2025 | Fiction
Is First Person Point of View Right for Your Story? Five Approaches (+ Examples) First person point of view is hugely popular in certain genres: YA and Romance, in particular. It’s also a perfectly fine choice for literary fiction—think David Copperfield (narrated by...
by Ali | Mar 6, 2025 | Fiction
Everything You Need to Know About Developing (and Writing) Characters I’ve covered a lot about developing characters and writing about them, here on Aliventures. I wanted to collect those posts together in one place so you can find them easily. Whether you’re just...
by Ali | Feb 28, 2025 | Fiction
How to Write Character Descriptions That Work (With Examples) This post was first published in February 2017 and extensively updated in February 2025. If you’re writing fiction, whether that’s a short story or a novel, you’ll generally need character descriptions. You...
