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 1, 2025 | Fiction
How to Write a Flashback: Five Tips and Four Examples One challenge that you’re likely to face when writing a novel is how to fill the reader in about important events in your main character’s past. There are various techniques you can use for this—one of which is a...
by Ali | Mar 21, 2025 | Editing
How Does Editing Best Fit Into the Writing Process? Four Key Options to Consider When do you stop drafting and start editing? There are lots of different ways you might approach rewriting and editing your novel … and I’m not going to tell you that there’s one...
by Ali | Sep 26, 2024 | Editing
The Right Way to Expand a Too-Short Piece of Writing Note: This post was last updated in September 2024. Is your piece of writing too short? One common issue that standard writing advice covers is how to cut down your first draft. And this advice comes up time and...
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by Ali | Jul 18, 2024 | Editing
Ten Sentence-Level Mistakes to Watch Out for When Editing Your Fiction [With Examples] This post was originally published on Aliventures in 2016 and updated in July 2024. When you’re editing fiction, whether it’s a short story or an epic novel, you need to edit on...
