Alessandro Reale

Award-Winning Children’s and Fantasy Author

Motivation

  • It’s Been Done Before: Being Original When Writing

    It’s Been Done Before: Being Original When Writing

    Alessandro Reale

    Award-winning children’s and fantasy author. Amateur break-dance fighter. Part-time Morgan Freeman impersonator.

    First off: my apologies for taking so long to pen a new writing post. To be honest, it’s been a hectic couple of months. I’ve started a new job, I’ve finally published the sequel to Dodger’s Doorway, Return to Storyworld, and I’m moving into a new apartment tomorrow. It’s a crazy time for me. But that’s not much of an excuse. I set up this blog to help out fellow writers who needed advice, and although only a small handful of people actually read these posts, I still think it’s my duty to maintain a steady stream of blog posts. Now that my life has somewhat calmed down, I’m ready to kick off the New Year with a fresh batch of advice!

    This week, we’re discussing a heavy topic that hits close to home for me: originality in writing.

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  • Making Time for Writing

    Making Time for Writing

    Alessandro Reale

    Award-winning children’s and fantasy author. Amateur break-dance fighter. Part-time Morgan Freeman impersonator.

    If you’re reading this blog, you’re most likely a writer, or you wish to become one. If you’re not a writer yet, what’s stopping you? Do you not know what to write about? Do you think your writing is bad? Are you lacking the patience to sit down and churn out words? Whatever the reason, there’s usually an easy solution. But there’s one particular writing issue that isn’t that simple to resolve: lack of time.

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  • Finding the Motivation to Write

    Finding the Motivation to Write

    Alessandro Reale

    Award-winning children’s and fantasy author. Amateur break-dance fighter. Part-time Morgan Freeman impersonator.

    Remember in high school when you found it so hard to start that long essay, so you kept on procrastinating? Then, once you actually started writing, it became much easier? Guess what? That feeling doesn’t end with high school.

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