How to Start a Novel: Eight Options Plus Examples
Writing the first scene of a novel is tricky.| Aliventures
Writing the first scene of a novel is tricky.| Aliventures
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This post was originally published in May 2011 and updated in November 2021.| Aliventures
External conflict is vital for your story. These external conflict examples show different types of conflict to deepen your plot and character development.| Aliventures | Making the most of your writing time
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.| Aliventures
While the writing process naturally falls into different broad stages, each of us will have a slightly different personal process for moving through and between those stages.| Aliventures
What is a scene, exactly? (Tip: It's not the same as a chapter.) Here are 7 key ingredients of scenes plus 10 useful tips for writing (or rewriting) them.| Aliventures | Making the most of your writing time
Note: This post was originally published in 2014, and was last updated in May 2021.| Aliventures
This post was first published in April 2019 and updated in April 2022.| Aliventures
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The stories that stick with me are ones where the characters feel like real people, with lives before the story begins … and lives that continue after the final page.| Aliventures
