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Writing Progress in Q2, 2026: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Why
At the start of January, I set out my writing goals for 2026, and wrote about how these were going at the end of Q1. We’re now halfway through the year … so here’s what’s been happening. The 2026 goals I set in January (and slightly modified since!) are: Big Fiction...
What is a Scene vs a Chapter – and How Should You Structure Each?
Are you writing in scenes or in chapters? That might sound like a weird question. Maybe you feel like it doesn’t matter, or that they’re basically the same thing, or that it doesn’t matter either way. But whether you think in scenes or chapters can make a big...
Your Writing Matters (Even When it Doesn’t Feel Like It)
Do you ever feel like your writing just doesn’t matter? Unless you’ve got some kind of deadline, writing is pretty much never urgent. It’s also not something that needs a lot of space or time: it’s tempting to think that writing could – or even should – fit into the...
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About Ali
I’m an author (of both fiction and non-fiction) and a writing coach. Aliventures is my homebase online where I share articles about all aspects of writing fiction.
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).