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Mens Sana in Corpore Sano

Or as comedian Victoria Wood put it Mens sana in thingummy doodah.

AdviceGill ThompsonJuly 10, 2018Jane Wenham-Jones, IronopolisComment

Pruning produces results

Why constructive criticism is better than flattery.

AdviceGill ThompsonJune 26, 2018Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night, The Last TycoonComment

What writers can learn from the football world cup

What writers can learn from the football world cup

They think its over ... but not yet.

AdviceGill ThompsonJune 19, 2018World cupComment

Changing Times

How writers make time work for them

AdviceGill ThompsonApril 24, 2018Virginia Woolf, Time, Sarah Waters, Joan Silber, ian McEwanComment

The Pen is Mightier…

Writing is your best legacy

AdviceGill ThompsonMarch 27, 2018Kazuo Ishiguro, pen is mightier than the swordComment

Research: the Personal Touch

How we can help make our writing striking and authentic

AdviceGill ThompsonMarch 20, 2018ResearchComment

Why actors can make good writers

Acting and writing aren't as dissimilar as you might think.

AdviceGill ThompsonFebruary 13, 2018Rachel Joyce, Eimear McBride, Jessie Burton, Sarah DuncanComment

The Joy of Workshopping

Keeping the connection with other writers.

AdviceGill ThompsonFebruary 6, 2018Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, William Wordsworth, dancing daffodilsComment

Writing under pressure

Limited time doesn't need to limit you.

AdviceGill ThompsonJanuary 13, 2018Dylan Thomas, Time managementComment

Getting in the zone

Immersing yourself in writing can produce great results.

AdviceGill ThompsonNovember 3, 2017Ishiguro, ProductiveComment

Waking dreams

How harnessing the subconscious can release powerful ideas.

AdviceGill ThompsonNovember 2, 2017Subconscious, Dreams, CreativityComment

Persistence and Tenacity

Joanna Trollope famously said she ‘took twenty years to become an overnight success.’

AdviceGill ThompsonNovember 2, 2017Author qualitiesComment