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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.

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

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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...

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

Nov 30, 20226 min read

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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

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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

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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...

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

Oct 19, 20225 min read

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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...

Writing Prompt Wednesday #9: The Ghost in the Attic

Oct 5, 20226 min read

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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

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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...

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

Sep 21, 20227 min read

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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...

Writing Prompt Wednesday #6: No One Told Me I was a Necromancer

Sep 14, 20225 min read

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Writing Prompt Wednesday #6: No One Told Me I was a Necromancer

You rush into a church to stop the love of your life from marrying the wrong person. Not paying attention, you shout "I OBJECT" at a funeral

Writing Prompt Wednesday #5: The Night the Moon Disappeared

Aug 31, 20226 min read

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Writing Prompt Wednesday #5: The Night the Moon Disappeared

The moon doesn't exist. It's a hologram put there by beings unknown. One night it says 'Error 404' where the moon should be.

Writing Prompt Wednesday #4: Did I Break the Class System?

Aug 24, 20225 min read

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Writing Prompt Wednesday #4: Did I Break the Class System?

I realized that the titles of these were somewhat confusing, so from here on out, the titles will be for the prompt answer from the week...

Writing Prompt Wednesday #3: How I Accidentally Joined a Coven

Aug 17, 20227 min read

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Writing Prompt Wednesday #3: How I Accidentally Joined a Coven

You picked up an injured cat and patched it up overnight. The next morning, you woke up to see witches standing beside your bed...

Writing Prompt Wednesday #2: Exploring the Unknown

Aug 10, 20228 min read

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Writing Prompt Wednesday #2: Exploring the Unknown

Everyone knows it's too dangerous to swim in the ocean. However, sitting at the end of the docks or peering over the edge of a boat, you've

Where to Find Writing Inspiration and Get Creative

Aug 8, 20225 min read

Where to Find Writing Inspiration and Get Creative

As mentioned in my previous post, The Three Types of Writers, it can be difficult for writers to find inspiration, especially if they are...

Writing Prompt Wednesday #1: Vacation Déjà Vu

Aug 3, 20228 min read

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Writing Prompt Wednesday #1: Vacation Déjà Vu

You're vacationing in a city you've never been in before when you suddenly find yourself in a place you've seen hundreds of times...

Meet Writing Prompt Wednesdays!

Jul 27, 20222 min read

Writing Prompts

Meet Writing Prompt Wednesdays!

Every Wednesday, I will post a writing prompt on my blog and you can write your own response to it.

Why You Should Be a Writer: Ally Mac's Writing Journey

Jul 24, 20223 min read

Why You Should Be a Writer: Ally Mac's Writing Journey

I follow the subreddit r/writingadvice on Reddit, and Redditor u/Paxwin_25 recently asked if writing just to write was worth it.

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