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Nine Stages of Writing a Novel (Plus Where You Might Get Stuck and How to Move On)

by Ali | Jul 8, 2023 | Fiction

9 Stages of Writing a Novel (Plus Where You Might Get Stuck and How to Move On) Whatever stage of the process you’re at, writing a novel can be a whole lot of fun. But it also takes a lot of time. None of us have unlimited time to write (and chances are, your writing...

Five Options for Telling Your Story in a Non-Linear Way … and Why You Might Want To

by Ali | Apr 28, 2023 | Fiction

Five Options for Telling Your Story in a Non-Linear Way … and Why You Might Want To Stories have a beginning, middle, and end … but they don’t necessarily need to be told in that order. Plenty of stories follow the advice given to Alice by the King in Alice in...

How to Start a Novel: Eight Options Plus Examples

by Ali | Jan 20, 2023 | Fiction

How to Start a Novel: Eight Options Plus Examples Writing the first scene of a novel is tricky. Perhaps you’ve been slowly developing an idea for weeks, months, or even years. You might have written pages of notes or created a full outline. And now you’ve opened up...

Choosing the Right Viewpoint and Tense for Your Fiction [With Examples]

by Ali | Oct 17, 2022 | Fiction

Choosing the Right Viewpoint and Tense for Your Fiction [With Examples] Note: This post was first published in 2013, and was last updated in October 2022. Who’s telling your story? Perhaps the choice is easy and obvious: you’re writing from a particular character’s...

Five Different Approaches to Developing Characters

by Ali | Apr 25, 2022 | Fiction

Five Different Approaches to Developing Characters This post was first published in April 2019 and updated in April 2022. 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...

Character Flaws: Why They’re So Important to Your Story [With Examples]

by Ali | Jan 11, 2022 | Fiction

Character Flaws: Why They’re So Important to Your Story [With Examples] Maybe you’ve heard that your characters “should” have flaws. Or maybe you’ve come across terms like “tragic flaw” or “fatal flaw” in literature. So what exactly is a character flaw … and...

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