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What is at the Core of your Creation?

What is at the Core of your Creation?

A lesson from Michelangelo

AdviceGill ThompsonJanuary 23, 2026Comment

How do you eat an elephant?

How do you eat an elephant?

Approaching daunting tasks

AdviceGill ThompsonJanuary 21, 2026Comment

My number one tip for becoming a writer

My number one tip for becoming a writer

And you can start soon after you’re born!

AdviceGill ThompsonJanuary 19, 2026Comment

Beauty out of Ugliness

Beauty out of Ugliness

A lesson from Hamnet

AdviceGill ThompsonJanuary 13, 2026Comment

Serendipity

How some routine research can unexpectedly unearth diamonds

AdviceGill ThompsonNovember 11, 2025Comment

Know your characters inside out!

Know your characters inside out!

Readers are more interested in the internal than the external

CharactersGill ThompsonNovember 11, 2025Comment

Setting your Scene

Setting your Scene

Two types of landscapes

AdviceGill ThompsonAugust 22, 2024Setting, Landscape, Aspley GuiseComment

The Chameleon Writer

The Chameleon Writer

INHABITING DIFFERENT CHARACTERS

CharactersGill ThompsonNovember 23, 2023Comment

The Prologue Debate

The Prologue Debate

Are they are a help or a hindrance?

StyleGill ThompsonSeptember 8, 2023Comment

Walk a Mile in my Shoes

Walk a Mile in my Shoes

AdviceGill ThompsonJuly 24, 2023Comment

Keep it Simple!

Keep it Simple!

Choosing language with impact.

StyleGill ThompsonApril 20, 2023Comment

Murder Your Darlings!

Murder Your Darlings!

Sacrificing your pride for better writing

AdviceGill ThompsonApril 20, 2023Comment