Recent content by Allan Writer

The immediacy of this really pulls the reader in! I wonder if changing it a little so the narrator does not know what woke them. You could then build more tension by having the realize what the noise was.

Nearly all my writing is first person point of view. I mostly write long form fiction (novels), and for most of those I build the narrative from multiple characters POV. It's a really challenging way to write, but I love building building diverse believable characters.

I have a slightly different take. Absolutely being a reader will help with understanding story telling. However what really is the key to being a good writer is writing! And any kind of writing. My first draft of my first novel was total rubbish. Yet I was an avid reader. I put it aside for...

I prefer Empire, just because as a kid my first ever "chapter book" was Rosemary Sutcliff's Eagle of the Ninth. I was hooked from that moment on.

A novel set in Greece in WWII and the Greek Civil War. Current working title is Aphrodite Veiled.

I love all history. But by coincidence my favorite areas are... Ancient Rome, and WWII. I have big soft spots for Ancient Greece, Egypt and Sumer too. Nearly all my writing is set in WWII. I am currently working on a novel set in Greece during WWII, and the subsequent Greek Civil war (1941 -...

I am being "very unwise" and using part of my real name. Allan is my name, and I am a writer. I am a history nerd (and science nerd and a few other kinds) so my icon is one of my favorite places in the world. The Temple of Hera at Paestum.

I use it extensively for research, mostly as a way to find what to read. Because you can use a clumsy question, it is way quicker than trying to think "what do I put into Google?" The better models give you links to their sources so you can check yourself. But be aware all AI models...