by Ali | Jun 19, 2025 | Fiction
Why You Should Stick to One Name for Each Character in Your Novel This post was first published in April 2018 and last updated in June 2025. You’re probably known by several different names in your life. I’m “Ali Luke” to Aliventures readers. I’m...
by Ali | Jun 12, 2025 | Fiction
What Are Supporting Characters? (Mentors, Best Friends, Love Interests, and More) Your novel needs a protagonist (main character) … but unless you’re writing something highly unusual and experimental, you’ll have a cast of more than just that one person. Some of the...
by Ali | Jun 5, 2025 | Fiction
How to Turn Your Year Around: Getting Your Novel Plans Back on Track How’s 2025 been going for you? Maybe you started the year feeling enthusiastic and motivated: this was going to be the year you finished your novel. But we’re close to halfway through the year now,...
by Ali | May 29, 2025 | Editing
Using Apostrophes Correctly: From the Easy to the Tricky Cases This post was first published in November 2016 and last updated in May 2025. I think it’s a safe bet that you’ve come across the apostrophe before. (If not … there are two in the previous sentence.)...
by Ali | May 22, 2025 | Fiction
What is an Epistolary Novel? Pros, Cons, and Examples of Epistolary Fiction You might have heard the term “epistolary novel” bandied around in writing circles or book groups. An “epistle” is a letter—and “epistolary fiction” just means a story written in the form of...
