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Alison Acheson
May 20

Thoughts on Novel Endings

Julian of Norwich on hindsight and creating a loop

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Alison Acheson
May 15

When Multiple Characters’ Stories Intersect in a Novel

Writing the crisis of a story with more than…

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Alison Acheson
Apr 3

The Young Protagonist MUST Solve Their Own Problem

Another writing “principle” to question

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Alison Acheson
Feb 25

The Verse Novel: What Is It? And How To Write One

Only for poets? or the genesis of one? or the…

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Alison Acheson
Feb 2

Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’ve

Thoughts on contractions in your writing

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Alison Acheson
Jan 18

Writing from the Inside or the Outside

Working from the core or the periphery

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Alison Acheson
Dec 18, 2024

Getting Into the “Box” of Poetic Form

When Everyone Tells Us to Get Out

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Alison Acheson
Nov 17, 2024

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Writing Book Club Questions for Your Novel

Even if you haven’t finished yet! Warning: it might be…

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Alison Acheson
Oct 28, 2024

Monsters in Our Fiction

Not just for Horror

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Alison Acheson
Oct 2, 2024

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Those Writing Class Trigger Warnings

What are they good for?

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