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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

Setting your Scene

Setting your Scene

Two types of landscapes

AdviceGill ThompsonAugust 22, 2024Setting, Landscape, Aspley GuiseComment

Walk a Mile in my Shoes

Walk a Mile in my Shoes

AdviceGill ThompsonJuly 24, 2023Comment

Murder Your Darlings!

Murder Your Darlings!

Sacrificing your pride for better writing

AdviceGill ThompsonApril 20, 2023Comment

A Hard-Won Victory

A Hard-Won Victory

It’s all about tenacity

AdviceGill ThompsonJuly 14, 2021Comment

Coming up with a Title

Coming up with a Title

It’s a democratic process.

AdviceGill ThompsonJune 29, 2021Comment

The Chance Remark that Proves a Golden Nugget.

The Chance Remark that Proves a Golden Nugget.

The value of ‘throwaway comments.’

AdviceGill ThompsonJune 22, 2021Comment

Make ’em Wait

Make ’em Wait

How writerly delays can Increase reader satisfaction

AdviceGill ThompsonJune 8, 2021Comment