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Five Creative Uses of ChatGPT for Writers (Which Don’t Involve AI Doing the Writing For You!)
Whatever type of writing you do, you’ve almost certainly come across ChatGPT – a conversational AI (artificial intelligence) tool that can take a “prompt” and return human-sounding writing…
What is a Character Arc? Positive, Negative, and Flat Character Arcs Explained (Plus Examples)
You’ve probably come across the idea of a “character arc” before now … but what is it, and why’s it called that? A character arc isn’t the same thing as your plot. It’s the progression of your character as a person throughout your story…
What is an Omniscient Narrator and Should You Use One in Your Story? (Pros, Cons, and Examples)
Last week, we looked at the third person limited point of view. There’s a different angle you can take with writing in the third person, and that’s to write as an omniscient narrator. This means writing as if you can see everything in your story, potentially all at...
About Ali
I’m an author (of both fiction and non-fiction) and a freelancer. Aliventures is my homebase online where I share articles on the art, craft and business of writing.
I live in Leeds (UK) with my husband and two kids, and I have degrees in English (MA Cantab, Cambridge University) and Creative & Life Writing (MA, Goldsmiths College, University of London).
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