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Shut It Down And Write – Play Later

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on November 14, 2018October 31, 2018

NaNoWriMo is in full swing at this point and hopefully, you’ve already made some good progress on your story. However, if you’re like many of us out there, there are always other things in life that compete for our attention. Sometimes, they distract and sidetrack us, despite our best efforts. That weekly TV-show that you […]

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Pace Yourself

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on November 2, 2018October 31, 2018

Trying to reach 1,667 words every day during the month of November is a challenge. I know from experience. I’ve participated on many occasions and I’ve failed to reach 50,000 words more times than I have made it. For some, 1,667 words is not a big deal. They easily go double or triple that and […]

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How To Install Scrivener On A Chromebook

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 21, 2018May 30, 2020

May 2020 Update: The Scrivener installation process described below remains generally the same. Today, several additional software packages are installed as part of the process, which are not documented in the screenshots or video in this post. For several years now, Scrivener has been my go-to application for writing my fiction. I like how everything […]

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Onward We Go – The Post-Wattys Plan

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 7, 2018October 7, 2018

Today, there’s about 60 or so very excited Wattpad writers out there. They’re part of the winners of one of largest, if not THE largest, writing contest on the planet. Out of 300k+ entries, they made it to the very top. I congratulate them on their well-deserved win. CONGRATULATIONS. Well done! Alas, as for myself, […]

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NaNoWriMo Is Approaching – Are You Ready?

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 5, 2018October 5, 2018

NaNoWriMo, the writing event of the year, is less than thirty days out. Right now, as you’re reading this, thousands of people around the world are scurrying around, prepping plots, outlining their works, building worlds and creating characters. Because, ready or not, once midnight strikes and November 1 is here, putting all that on paper […]

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Shortlisted For The Wattys 2018

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on September 14, 2018

By now, you may have seen the buzz about The Wattys shortlist around Twitter and elsewhere. People all over the place are jumping up and down after finding out they’re on the Wattys 2018 shortlist. I’m one of those people. For those that don’t hang around Wattpad every day, what does that mean? What the […]

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How To Create A Wattpad Comment Archive – Part 1/3

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on August 14, 2018May 17, 2022

One of the best aspects of Wattpad is the reader feedback. It really is. As a writer, it helps me see what you like, what you don’t like and that it turns helps me see what can be improved and what needs to go in the trash. Yet, comments can also be a bit frustrating. For feedback to make sense, it has to be useful. You have to be able to make sense of what your readers are telling you, right?

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The Shadow Within – Flash Fiction

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 21, 2018

Evening had descended on the village. Stars twinkled in the cloudless night and the bright light of the full moon cast a pale white veil over the cottages. A cool breeze drifted down from the mountains, the trees swaying in harmony as they sang the unintelligible lullabies of the night. In the distance low, dark […]

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The Online Writing Log June Update

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 19, 2018

Summer is finally here and with it, a packed updated to the Online Writing Log. Although not everything is visible or available within the app itself yet, it’ll be soon! Since the last update, I’ve been pretty busy with new features, updates and fixes. Here’s a brief list of what’s new. A new initial setup […]

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My Story Was Featured On Wattpad – Here’s What Happened

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

For the last year or so, I’ve been working on a sci-fi adventure on Wattpad (and other platforms) called The Descent. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll have seen at least a tweet a week about new chapters, read counts and so on. What started as a short story back in early 2017 has grown […]