by Ali | Feb 7, 2022 | Motivation
How to Be a More Disciplined Writer This post was first published in November 2017 and updated in February 2022. While some people like to imagine writers working in bursts of frenzied inspiration, the reality doesn’t generally look like that. There might be wonderful...
by Ali | Jan 17, 2022 | Fiction
Split Narratives: Dividing Your Story Between Two or More Narrators This post was originally published in June 2015 and updated in January 2022. There are several perfectly good ways to structure a story in terms of viewpoint, but (probably) the more common ones are:...
by Ali | Dec 6, 2021 | Motivation
How to Write When … You Just Can’t Stick to Your Writing Plans This is a post in the “How to Write When…” series. You might also want to check out: How to Write When … You Don’t Feel Inspired How to Write When … You Have Kids How to Write When … You Keep...
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by Ali | Nov 8, 2021 | Creativity
How to Choose and Develop a Writing Idea [With Examples] This post was originally published in May 2011 and updated in November 2021. How do you figure out whether one of your writing ideas is worth pursuing or not? Maybe you’ve got a bunch of different ideas...
by Ali | Oct 26, 2021 | Fiction
How Do You Divide Your Novel into Chapters? This post was inspired by an email conversation with Emma from the brilliant blog Science at Your Doorstep and by a question from an Aliventures reader. It was first published in April 2018 and updated in October 2021. Pick...
