by Ali | Mar 30, 2020 | Motivation
It’s Okay to Take a Break from Writing Wherever you are in the world, life is likely looking very different from how it did a few weeks ago. Here in the UK, everything except for essential businesses like grocery stores has closed until further notice. Schools...
by Ali | Mar 16, 2020 | Creativity
How to Fall in Love With Writing All Over Again Note: This post was originally published in February 2016, and was updated in March 2020. Does writing ever (or often) feel like just another thing on your to-do list? If you’ve been writing for years, it can sometimes...
by Ali | Mar 9, 2020 | Motivation
How Much Writing Can You Realistically Add Into Your Week? You’ve probably heard of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), a worldwide November-long event each year where participants aim to write 50,000 words – a short novel – within a month. In 2018 (for some...
by Ali | Mar 2, 2020 | Creativity
How to Write When … You Don’t Feel Inspired This is the first post in a new occasional series, “How to Write When…” Today I wanted to tackle something that comes up for every writer at some point: How do you write when you don’t feel inspired? As...
by Ali | Jan 9, 2020 | Old post
Happy 2020 … and Upcoming Changes at Aliventures Happy New Year! I hope your decade is off to an excellent beginning. It’s been an exciting start to 2020 for me, because on Monday I started work with Awesome Motive, the company behind a whole lot of...