by Ali | Apr 23, 2018 | Fiction
“Show, Don’t Tell” Doesn’t Always Apply: Here’s What You Need to Know If you’ve been in any writing groups, read any writing books or blogs, or hung out in any writing-related forums online … you’ve probably come across these three words of...
by Ali | Apr 16, 2018 | Fiction
Why You Should Stick to One Name for Each Character in Your Novel You’re probably known by several different names in your life. I’m “Alison Luke” when I fill in a form. I’m “Mrs Luke” to my bank and to cold-callers. I’m “Mummy” to my kids, occasionally “Mum” (they’re...
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by Ali | Mar 27, 2018 | Motivation
Why Having Grit is So Important for Writers … and Three Ways to Improve Yours [Guest Post] This is a guest post from Tamar Sloan, registered psychologist, and author of Grit for Writers, plus several romance books. You can find her website at TamarSloan.com and...
by Ali | Mar 12, 2018 | Fiction
Four More Dangerous Pieces of Advice for (Fiction) Writers Last week, I gave you four pieces of bad – even dangerous – advice that writers all too often hear. Today, I’ve got even more bad advice! Most of this is aimed at fiction writers, though the final two could...
by Ali | Mar 5, 2018 | Fiction
Four Dangerous Pieces of Advice for Writers (And What to Do Instead) Any writing-related advice that says you should always or never do something can generally be taken with a very large pinch of salt! I’m sure you’ve heard lots of poor writing advice over the months,...
