by Ali | Mar 18, 2017 | Fiction
Why Novellas are Making a Comeback (and Five Great Posts for Novella-Writers) A couple of weekends ago, I headed off on an overnight writing retreat and started work on a new fiction project. This is the first time in more years than I care to count (nine, yikes) that...
by Ali | Mar 13, 2017 | Fiction
Everything You Need to Know About Writing Great Dialogue I’ve written a fair amount about dialogue over the past few years … partly because I love writing dialogue! And I figured it was about time I collated those posts in one place. Whether you enjoy dialogue...
by Ali | Feb 14, 2017 | Editing
Is it OK to Use Swear Words in Your Writing? Swearing. Cussing. Strong / bad / foul language. Whatever you want to call it … can you use it in your writing? Yes. It’s your writing, and you can do whatever you want! Of course, there are reasons you might decide...
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by Ali | Jan 30, 2017 | Editing
Ten Book-Level Mistakes to Watch Out for When Redrafting Your Fiction [With Examples] A few weeks ago, I posted about sentence-level mistakes: ones that are easy to spot from a page or a paragraph of writing. Even if you write flawless prose, though, it’s possible to...
by Ali | Jan 23, 2017 | Motivation
Is a Fear of Technology Holding Back Your Writing Career? Here’s What to Do Do you ever wish you could simply write and that somebody else would take care of all the technological side of things? I know a lot of writers do, just as a lot of writers wish that somebody...
