by Ali | May 24, 2021 | Creativity
The Writing Process: Five Essential Stages for Anything You’re Working On Note: This post was first published with four stages of writing in 2011, and updated in May 2021 to include the publishing stage. Images are used under the Creative Commons 2.0 license. Do...
by Ali | May 18, 2021 | Creativity
How to Write Faster: Twelve Tips to Get More Words Down Whether you’re a freelancer, a novelist, a student, or even someone writing as part of a day job, then chances are, you want to write faster. Some writers are naturally faster than others – and some genres and...
by Ali | May 11, 2021 | Editing
The Three Stages of Editing (and Nine Handy Do-it-Yourself Tips) Note: This post was originally published in 2014, and was last updated in May 2021. Whether you love editing or hate it, if you’re a writer, there’s no way to avoid it. You may well have support – from...
by Ali | May 3, 2021 | Fiction
How Long is a Novel … and How Long Should YOUR Novel Be? For some writers, the question “how long should a novel be?” sounds a bit like “how long is a piece of string?” They feel that their novel should be long enough to get the job done – even if that means it...
by Ali | Apr 26, 2021 | Freelancing
Seven of the Best Freelance Writing Websites: Tips, Insights, Jobs, and More Are you looking into freelance writing … or hoping to pick up more gigs, find better-paying clients, or make the most of your hours you spend freelancing? There are so many great freelance...
