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What if?

What if?

Starting with a key question can help us write compelling stories.

PlotGill ThompsonMay 8, 2018Comment

Readers want truth

Readers want truth

Fake news has no place in good books!

StyleGill ThompsonMay 1, 2018Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Sheep and Goats, Fake newsComment

Changing Times

Changing Times

How writers make time work for them

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

Spot the Writer!

Spot the Writer!

Invisible writers make for engaged readers

StyleGill ThompsonApril 17, 2018Use of first person, Voice, Ishiguro, Rose TreainComment

A Sense of Place

A Sense of Place

Let's avoid the obvious when creating settings.

StyleGill ThompsonApril 10, 2018Place, senses, settings, Dickens, Helen DunmoreComment

Hooking your reader

Hooking your reader

How do successful writers start their novels?

StyleGill ThompsonApril 3, 2018Hook, First lines, OpeningsComment

The Pen is Mightier…

The Pen is Mightier…

Writing is your best legacy

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

Research: the Personal Touch

Research: the Personal Touch

How we can help make our writing striking and authentic

AdviceGill ThompsonMarch 20, 2018ResearchComment

Verbs for Victory

Verbs for Victory

How well chosen action words can energise your writing

StyleGill ThompsonMarch 13, 2018The Great Gatsby, VerbsComment

Baby it’s Cold Outside!

Baby it’s Cold Outside!

A masterclass in show don’t tell

StyleGill ThompsonMarch 6, 2018Keats, Eve of St Agnes, Sensuous LanguageComment

Conveying Accent

Conveying Accent

How writers show variation in speech style

StyleGill ThompsonFebruary 27, 2018Accent, Wuthering Heights, Emily BronteComment

To Plan or not to Plan

To Plan or not to Plan

Are you a planner or a pantser?

PlotGill ThompsonFebruary 20, 2018Julie Cohen, Novelicious, Plotting, PantsingComment