by Ali | Feb 15, 2024 | Fiction
Why Readers Might Not Make it Past Your First Few Pages: Five Reasons (and Five Fixes) Have you ever started reading a novel and given up within the first few pages? Unless you’re a particularly tenacious (or stubborn!) reader, you probably have. It’s often clear...
by Ali | Feb 9, 2024 | Motivation
Seven Common Obstacles on Your Writing Journey (and How to Overcome Them) If you’ve been a writer for any length of time, you’ll have encountered some kind of obstacle, getting in the way of your writing goals. I faced a (very common) freelancing obstacle at the start...
by Ali | Feb 1, 2024 | Motivation
How to Write When … You’re Afraid This post is part of my ongoing “How to Write When…” series. Do you ever feel afraid to sit down and write? On the surface, fear may seem like an odd emotion to associate with writing – after all, there can’t be many activities less...
by Ali | Jan 25, 2024 | Freelancing
Batch Writing: How to Streamline Your Freelance Writing Process in 2024 When you’re writing lots of different articles, blog posts, sales copy, or any other type of piece for your clients, there are a couple of ways you can approach this: Pick a piece and go through...
by Ali | Jan 18, 2024 | Fiction
How to Write Difficult Scenes: Five Tips for Stretching Your Writing Muscles If you’re working on a novel, some scenes will likely flow easily – they’ll be straightforward to write and not too much of a challenge. But other scenes will be a lot tougher. There are...
