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Month: April 2026

Sketches of some bolts.

1-8 What are the Important Elements of a Story?

Posted on 27 April 20268 June 2026 by Alaa Khaldun

In the kitchen, you need a set of ingredients to cook that delicious meal you’ve been craving. Writing a novel is no different. There is a basic set of ingredients, let’s call them elements, that must exist in order for your story to take shape. Below are some of the most basic elements you will…

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Three construction supervisors look at a plan in front of an unfinished building.

1-7 Plotter – Pantser – Plantser: Which One Are You?

Posted on 12 April 202627 April 2026 by Alaa Khaldun

If you have been working with other writers, you will eventually come across this concept. So what are Plotters, Pantsers, and Plantsers? Well, they are the physical methods in which you sit down to write your work, aka your writing method, writer personality type, or workflow strategy. I’ve worked with many writers, and it gets…

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Raffaella Nathan, Wen-yi Lee, Marjorie Liu and Meihan Boey standing together.

I’m in Love with Momoks: Romancing the Monstrous Feminine

Posted on 3 April 2026 by Alaa Khaldun

On the 27th of March 2026, the Asia Creative Writing Programme and Difference Engine (Singapore’s independent comics publisher), came together to present, I’m in Love with Momoks, a one-hour talk at Gallery II in The Arts House. From witch hunts to femme fatales, writers Marjorie Liu, Wen-yi Lee and Meihan Boey share their favourite stories…

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Alaa's bookshelf: read

Way of the Househusband, Vol. 14
it was amazing
Way of the Househusband, Vol. 14
by Kousuke Oono
Gargoyles: Quest Vol. 1 #2
really liked it
Gargoyles: Quest Vol. 1 #2
by Greg Weisman
Gargoyles Quest
liked it
Gargoyles Quest
by Greg Weisman
외모지상주의 1 [Oemojisangjuui 1]
really liked it
외모지상주의 1 [Oemojisangjuui 1]
by Pak Taejun
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 2
really liked it
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 2
by Kanehito Yamada

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