by Ali | Oct 12, 2023 | Fiction
External Conflict: Six Types of External Conflict (With Examples) A couple of weeks ago, we looked at internal conflict in detail: when a character is facing a struggle that’s taking place within their own mind. Today, we’re going to look at some examples of different...
by Ali | Sep 28, 2023 | Motivation
How to Write When … You’re Bored With What You’re Writing Do you ever feel bored with what you’re writing? As a freelancer, I’d love to say that I’m always 100% enthusiastic about every single topic I write on – but the truth is that some topics are just more...
by Ali | Sep 21, 2023 | Fiction
Internal Conflict: Six Types of Internal Conflict (With Examples) The links to books in this post are Amazon affiliate links. That means that if you buy any of the books after going through my link, Amazon gives me a little bit of money. It doesn’t cost you anything...
by Ali | Sep 14, 2023 | Fiction
Internal and External Conflict: Why Your Story Needs Both (and How to Do Them Well) This article was originally published in October 2021 and updated in September 2023. All stories, however short, need conflict: a clash between two (or more) people, groups, ideas, or...
by Ali | Jul 24, 2023 | Motivation
Aliventures Summer Break 2023 – 10 Posts to Catch Up On It’s summer here in the UK … not that you’d know it to look out of the window! We seem to have had even more rain than usual recently. As usual, I’m taking a few weeks off from blogging over the summer: I’ll be...
