Aliventures

24/07/2025

The Aliventures Summer Sale is now on!

EVERYTHING in the Aliventures Shop is half-price for the next week:

👉 https://www.aliventures.com/shop/

That includes:

⚡Supercharge Your Writing guides
https://www.aliventures.com/supercharge
$4 each (instead of $8)
OR
$10 for all four (instead of $20)

Everything you need to get focused, write more, and enjoy it more too!

📝 Editing Essentials
https://www.aliventures.com/editing-essentials/
$5 (instead of $10)

Clear explanations & examples of the 20 most common mistakes I see writers making, so you can edit your work like a pro.

✍️ Get Writing
https://www.aliventures.com/get-writing/
$10 (instead of $20)

Try new areas of writing: covers short stories, novels, blogging, and freelancing. LAST CHANCE TO BUY before it goes off the market for good!

🏃 How to Write Faster
https://www.aliventures.com/how-to-write-faster/
$7.50 (instead of $15)

All my best tips on speeding up your writing (without sacrificing quality OR enjoyment).

03/07/2025

Could ditching a daily writing goal help you write more? I stopped my "250 words/day" goal back in May, after finishing a novel draft, and (spoiler alert!) significantly increased how much I'm writing.

Find out more about that and my other writing goals here:

Annual Writing Goal Progress in Q2, 2025 (Ditched Daily Writing Goal … and Wrote More!)3 Jul 2025 | Motivation We’re halfway through 2025 – how’s your writing been going so far this year? If you’re hitting your goals, fantastic! Take a moment this week to celebrate. 😃 If it’s not goin...

30/06/2025

⏰ $5/£4 offer for Writers' Cafe ends TODAY ⏰

If you've been waiting to turn 2025 around ... this is your chance!

Join us today for just $5:

https://www.aliventures.com/writers-cafe/

As soon as you join, you have full access to:

🎯 "Get Your 2025 Back on Track" workshop (recording & worksheet)
✍️ 55+ writing prompts: get your writing flowing
✅ Weekly check-ins: share your goal & get encouragement
⏱️ Live writing hours: make time for writing (Mon, Wed, Thu & Fri)
💬 Discussion space: chat about anything writing-related
📝 Feedback space: hands-on support with your writing

Writer's Cafe is normally $10/£8 per month, but until the end of TODAY, it's just $5/£4 for your first month.

See workshop details, writing hour timings, FAQs, what members say, and more here:

👉 https://www.aliventures.com/writers-cafe/

Writers’ Cafe online community with support & accountability Writers’ Cafe is an online community for all writers, offering support, encouragement, and (gentle!) accountability as you work towards your writing goals. It costs just $10 per month (£8 if you prefer GBP) which gives you full access...

26/06/2025

Dialogue can be tricky to get right ... so in today's post (of epic proportions!) I share 8 crucial tips, plus examples of great dialogue. Whether you're just getting started with fiction writing or want to brush up your dialogue skills while you edit, this is for you. :-)

Writing dialogue? It's fun to hear your characters speak ... but tricky to get it right. My straightforward dialogue tips, with examples, show you what to do.

17/06/2025

🎯 Finish that novel by the end of 2025 ... or hit any writing goal you're going for!

I'm running a workshop next week in Writers' Cafe (aliventures.com/writers-cafe) to help members plan out their writing journey over the next six months. Join us for just $5.

Writers’ Cafe online community with support & accountability Writers’ Cafe is an online community for all writers, offering support, encouragement, and (gentle!) accountability as you work towards your writing goals. It costs just $10 per month (£8 if you prefer GBP) which gives you full access...

12/06/2025

Does your novel have enough (or the right) supporting characters? In this week's post, we're digging into what supporting characters are ... and how to create well-rounded characters that help move your story along.

https://www.aliventures.com/what-are-supporting-characters/

11/06/2025

"I want to write but life's so busy."

Sounds familiar? I hear this a lot ... and I totally get it!

I created Writers' Cafe—a welcoming online community—to help you actually make time for your writing.

👉 https://www.aliventures.com/writers-cafe/

We’ve got:
🗓️ Live writing hours you can put on your calendar
✅ Weekly check-ins to encourage you in making progress
💬 A chatroom for impromptu writing sessions
🤗 Feedback and support from me & fellow writers
It’s just $5/£4 for your first month—less than a coffee, and it might be just what you need to finally make serious progress with your writing.

Check out all the details here:

👉 https://www.aliventures.com/writers-cafe/

P.S. If cost is a barrier right now, I’ve got a few free places available—drop me an email at [email protected].

Writers’ Cafe online community with support & accountability Writers’ Cafe is an online community for all writers, offering support, encouragement, and (gentle!) accountability as you work towards your writing goals. It costs just $10 per month (£8 if you prefer GBP) which gives you full access...

22/05/2025

New on Aliventures: What's an "epistolary novel" and what are the advantages of writing in this form? I take you through everything you need to know, with lots of examples.

https://www.aliventures.com/epistolary-novel/

04/04/2025

New on Aliventures: I share how I've been getting on with my writing goals so far in 2025. (I'd love to hear from you about how your goals are going, too!)

https://www.aliventures.com/writing-goal-progress-2025-q1/

27/03/2025

What exactly IS plot? Is it the same thing as "story" or "narrative" ... or something else? In today's post, we dig into what we mean by "plot" when talking about fiction-writing ... and look at some key elements of plot.

21/03/2025

How should you fit editing into your writing process? Some writers edit as they go along; others finish their first draft then restart from scratch. In today's post, I go through four different options, looking at the advantages (and potential pitfalls) of each.

https://www.aliventures.com/editing-in-writing-process/

14/03/2025

Not sure whether to use the first or third person perspective in your story? This week's post goes through lots of ways to use the first person, along with pros/cons, and plenty of examples too. https://www.aliventures.com/first-person-point-of-view/