Quick announcement, in case you don’t read to the end: | Aliventures
We’re halfway through 2025 – how’s your writing been going so far this year?| Aliventures
This post was first published in August 2015, and updated in April 2019. | Aliventures
I’ve written a fair amount about dialogue over the past few years … partly because I love writing dialogue! And I figured it was about time I collated those posts in one place.| Aliventures
This post was originally published in June 2016 and updated in June 2020.| Aliventures
Do you make these common mistakes in your writing? Here's what to look out for on a sentence level as you line edit (close edit) your short stories or novels.| Aliventures | Making the most of your writing time
What exactly is bad writing? I take you through detailed examples of bad writing in fiction, explaining what's wrong with them ... and how to fix it.| Aliventures | Making the most of your writing time
Are you thinking of writing a novel? You might be stuck at the planning stage: how much is enough? What do you REALLY need in place before you begin to write?| Aliventures | Making the most of your writing time