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Welcome to Ally's Blog

Here you can find all the thoughts bouncing around in Ally's head as well as skills and techniques she has learned from her studies at Taylor University. Check out the categories or search for things that you might be struggling with in your writing.

The Creation Series: Assembling Your Cast of Side Characters

Feb 13, 20237 min read

The Creation Series: Assembling Your Cast of Side Characters

No novel would be complete without some important side characters to help your protagonist move the plot forward.

How to Know Your Writing Limits and Avoid Creative Burnout

Jan 16, 20235 min read

How to Know Your Writing Limits and Avoid Creative Burnout

Creative burnout is something that all people struggle with in their lives. Learn to achieve your 2023 writing goals without burnout.

Writing Prompt Wednesday #14: Josephine Seodern, Dragon Slayer

Dec 14, 20228 min read

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Wednesday #14: Josephine Seodern, Dragon Slayer

You are kidnapped by a knight who demands your assistance in slaying the city’s most dangerous dragon. To save your kingdom, you must...

The Creation Series: Developing a Convincing Antagonist

Dec 7, 20225 min read

The Creation Series: Developing a Convincing Antagonist

Without further ado, here are some tips for helping you develop a villain that your readers love to hate.

Writing Prompt Wednesday #13: The Story of Life and Death

Nov 30, 20226 min read

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Wednesday #13: The Story of Life and Death

A goddess of life kidnaps the god of death to be her new husband, meaning that 6 months of the year things are normal but the other half...

Writing Prompt Wednesday #12: My English Teacher from the Other Side

Nov 16, 20229 min read

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Wednesday #12: My English Teacher from the Other Side

A person drops by the grave of a long-gone famous author to read the notes people left for them and sees that some of them...

How to Survive National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)

Nov 9, 20224 min read

How to Survive National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)

November is National Novel Writing Month. All writers are challenged to write 50,000 words of their current work in progress.

Writing Prompt Wednesday #11: Bringing Back the Creature with Nine Tails

Nov 2, 20226 min read

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Wednesday #11: Bringing Back the Creature with Nine Tails

You can taste lies. One day you're comforting your best friend after a tough breakup and almost vomit at the foul taste the words bring...

The Creation Series: Discovering Your Story's Protagonist

Oct 26, 20225 min read

The Creation Series: Discovering Your Story's Protagonist

I want to talk about how to create a protagonist for your story. Out of all the characters in your story, this is the most important one.

Writing Prompt Wednesday #10: The First and Last Time I Live Alone

Oct 19, 20225 min read

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Wednesday #10: The First and Last Time I Live Alone

You wake up one morning to the smell of home-cooked breakfast. You go into the kitchen and find the table full of your favorite food...

The Creation Series: Creating Characters Your Story Needs

Oct 12, 20228 min read

The Creation Series: Creating Characters Your Story Needs

Since we have talked about the three types of worlds and how to build your own, now it is time to populate that world with characters. It...

Writing Prompt Wednesday #9: The Ghost in the Attic

Oct 5, 20226 min read

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Wednesday #9: The Ghost in the Attic

The final entries describe seeing a ghost in great detail: hair color, eye color. clothes. The description of the ghost matches you exactly.

Writing Prompt Wednesday #8: Meet My Ghost Tutor

Sep 28, 20228 min read

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Wednesday #8: Meet My Ghost Tutor

Rumor has it that your school is haunted by a highschooler around your age. While you stay after school to catch up on a subject...

The Creation Series: Making Your World Believable

Sep 26, 20226 min read

The Creation Series: Making Your World Believable

While you don't have to explain every little nitpicking detail, your readers should be able to easily visualize your world and its people.

Writing Prompt Wednesday #7: I Discovered I Could Break the Law

Sep 21, 20227 min read

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Wednesday #7: I Discovered I Could Break the Law

You are born in a world where on the eighteenth birthday, people gain the ability to shapeshift but are also legally required to get a...

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