Allison Alexander

Editors are announced tomorrow! #RevPit

The Crucial Ingredient Your Story May Be Missing | Jane Friedman If you’re hearing that your story lacks structure or impact, you might be missing the interconnected cohesion of plot, stakes, and character.

Love this: "Story is more than just the sum of its parts; as with music it’s the symphony of how all these elements work together." janefriedman.com/the-crucial-... #Writing #Editing

Types of unreliable narrators:

- The Deceiver (they're lying on purpose)
- The Delusioned (they're lying to themselves or unaware of their own bias)
- The Naive (they're lacking information, innocent, or mentally unwell)
- The Storyteller (they like to spin a good yarn, facts be damned)

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Art of books with text that reads "Life is too short! It's okay to DNF."

Do yourself a favour and perfect the art of the DNF. There're too many amazing books out there to use up your time on something you're not enjoying.

(Sticker art from GeekandArtsy on Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/It...) #Reading

The Difference Between Middle Grade, YA, and Adult Novels — Allison Alexander A novel's age category helps the ideal reader find it.

Do you know the age category of your readers? #Writing

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My favourite fantasy subgenres to work on: adventure, comedic, cozy, dark, epic, fairy tale, mythological, science fantasy. #Editing #Fantasy

Want to Read Fantasy? Here’s Where to Start — Allison Alexander Interested in reading fantasy novels but not sure where to begin? Here are some suggestions.

Many of my favourite fantasy books are on this list. www.aealexander.com/blog/want-to... #Fantasy #Reading

Cover for Exiles by Mason Coile. Silhouette of an astronaut against a foggy orange background.

"The beeping won't stop." —EXILES by Mason Coile

#FirstLineFriday #TBR #ScienceFiction #Horror

Resources for Writers, Part 5: Software

I only have one item to "list" here, and it's Scrivener. It's my favourite writing app, simply because of how you can organize all the pages and resources of your project in one place.

#Writing #ResourcesForWriters

#RevPit community, please hold space for this family

Classic. The Horse and his Boy was always my favourite.

When should your narrator not be the same person as the main character (MC)?
- When you want to create distance between the reader and your MC.
- When you want to hide information that the MC knows.
- When your protagonist is a character who wouldn't tell their story in an engaging way.

#WritingTip

Cover of Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher.

What's the book you recommend to almost everybody? Mine is NETTLE & BONE by T. Kingfisher. #Fantasy #Books #Reading

A Glossary for Querying Writers — Allison Alexander What do terms like "blurb," "commercial fiction," "MSWL," "high concept," and "upmarket" mean? This article's got you covered.

Publishing has some weird terms. #Writing #Editing #Publishing #Querying

Services — Allison Alexander Allison offers manuscript critiques, developmental editing, line editing, and query package critiques for writers of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror.

If you want a set of professional eyes on your query before you send it out, I offer this as a service! www.aealexander.com/services #Querying #Editing

Cover for King Sorrow by Joe Hill. A glowing red dragon's head against a blue background.

"On the first weekend in September, Arthur Oakes drove west to see his mother in the House of Correction." —KING SORROW by Joe Hill

#FirstLineFriday #TBR #Fantasy #Horror #Dragons

Mark your calendars! #RevPit

Preview of a light green Scrivener theme titled River Spirit.

The corkboard of a light green Scrivener theme titled River Spirit.

The outliner of a light green Scrivener theme titled River Spirit.

New Scrivener theme is up in my Etsy shop! I'm currently using this one and I really like it. It's very calming. #Scrivener #ScrivenerTheme #Writing www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4...

The Free Lancer Podcast: Surviving Publishing Without Burning Out or Selling Out Books Podcast · Updated fortnightly · The Free Lancer is a show discussing all things publishing through a queer, social justice lens. It’s for authors and editors navigating the industry in a…

• The Free Lancer: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
• The Happy Writer: www.marissameyer.com/podcast/
• The Editor's Half Hour: www.piquepublishing.com/podcast

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Home | Story Chat Radio This is Story Chat Radio!

• Publishing Rodeo: publishingrodeo.wordpress.com
• Story Chat Radio: www.storychatradio.com
• The Tea Grannies: elisevolkman.com/projects/the...
• Writing Excuses: writingexcuses.com

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Resources for Writers, Part 4: Podcasts

• The Worldbuilder's Tavern: www.worldbuilderstavern.com
• The Shit No One Tells You About Writing: www.theshitaboutwriting.com
• Print Run: www.printrunpodcast.com

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Cover for the horror novel Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle.

We're discussing LUCKY DAY by Chuck Tingle at The Worldbuilder's Tavern podcast today!

Listen to us chat about luck and math as a magic system, how people react to trauma, and the wonderful weirdness of horror.

#Horror #ChuckTingle

www.worldbuilderstavern.com/e/43-lucky-d...

If you're having fun writing something, readers will probably have fun reading it, too. But if writing is hard some days, that doesn't mean the story is bad. #Writing

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What I really mean when strangers ask "How are you?" 😂 #ChronicIllness

There are lots of ways to learn how to improve your craft. Hiring an editor is one of them if you have the $$. It can be really helpful because you're getting precise feedback on your work. But if that's not something you can or want to do, there are other ways to level up your writing. 3/3

Treat it as a exercise so you can try to apply what you've learned to your next story. Similarly, if you think your prose needs work at a line level, you could hire a line or copy editor. 2/3

You don't need to hire an editor for that; you could probably get by with a few beta readers. It really depends on your goals and budget, though. If you feel like your story needs work structurally, hiring a dev editor is one way to improve that. 1/3

What Type of Editing Does Your Novel Need? — Allison Alexander From big-picture to sentence-level editing, how do you know what will benefit your novel the most?

I see a lot of confusion about the various types of editing and what to do when. Let's demystify this stuff! #Writing #Editing #Revision

February's book is Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle. March's book is Voyage of the Damned by Frances White.

February's book is LUCKY DAY by Chuck Tingle! We'll be talking about it on the podcast on Wednesday. #TheWorldbuildersTavern #Horror www.worldbuilderstavern.com