by Ali | Sep 9, 2019 | Writing
Are you getting as much writing done as you’d like? Are you seeing the success you want? For most writers, the answer is “no” … and that’s perfectly normal. Maybe, for instance, you thought that quitting your day job to freelance would give you plenty of time to...
by Ali | Sep 2, 2019 | Writing
Sometimes, you feel like your story hangs together pretty well … until you re-read your whole draft. That’s when you notice all the places where it’s not quite working. If there’s a tiny inconsistency (like a character changing eye colour half way), that’s...
by Ali | Aug 19, 2019 | Writing
This is the second post in our series on “Developing Better Plots”. If you missed last week’s post, you can find it here: What is Plot … and is it the Same Thing as Story or Narrative? Confession time: research is definitely not my favourite...
by Ali | Aug 12, 2019 | Fiction, Writing
For the next four weeks, we’re going to be look at “Developing Better Plots”. We’ll be covering what plot is (and isn’t), how to create a better plot, how to fix a plot that’s gone wrong, and more. Make sure you join the newsletter so you don’t miss out on any...
by Ali | Jul 29, 2019 | Writing
This post was originally published in June 2013, and updated and republished in July 2019. Do you ever worry that your writing doesn’t really “count” somehow? The first time I felt this was back in 2008 – 2009, when I had two major strands to my...
by Ali | Jul 22, 2019 | Writing
This post was first published in April 2014, and updated in July 2019. Do you have as much time as you want to write? Probably not. (If you’re in the position of having plenty of time but you’re still not getting much writing done, don’t feel bad — that...
