by Ali | May 8, 2025 | Fiction
Five Different Approaches to Developing Characters This post was first published in April 2019 and last updated in May 2025. Whether you consider plot to be more important than character or you believe they’re just two sides of the same coin, it’s clear that character...
by Ali | May 1, 2025 | Fiction
How to Write a Flashback: Five Tips and Four Examples One challenge that you’re likely to face when writing a novel is how to fill the reader in about important events in your main character’s past. There are various techniques you can use for this—one of which is a...
by Ali | Apr 4, 2025 | Motivation
Annual Writing Goal Progress in Q1, 2025 (What’s Working and What’s Not?) We’re into April already! It’s been a pretty good first quarter (Q1) for me, though one with a few challenges. I’ve been broadly happy with the writing progress I’ve made, and I wanted to share...
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...
