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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
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
Those Writing Class Trigger Warnings
What are they good for?
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