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Detail: when is it too much?

Detail: when is it too much?

Avoiding the ‘info dump’.

StyleGill ThompsonSeptember 11, 2018Comment

You’re Never too old

You’re Never too old

Writers can be born at any age.

AdviceGill ThompsonSeptember 4, 2018Society of Authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Paul TordayComment

What’s in a Name?

What’s in a Name?

What you call your characters is important!

CharactersGill ThompsonAugust 28, 2018Comment

Creating a Voice

Creating a Voice

How do you tell your story?

CharactersGill ThompsonAugust 21, 2018Comment

Psychic Distance

Psychic Distance

Nothing to be afraid of!

StyleGill ThompsonAugust 14, 2018Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Psychic distanceComment

What’s your Punctum?

What’s your Punctum?

Strong novels have strong starting points

PlotGill ThompsonAugust 7, 2018John Milton, Ian McEwan, punctumsComment

All Change!

All Change!

Put your characters under pressure.

PlotGill ThompsonJuly 31, 2018Joanna Trollope, changeComment

Instructions for a Heatwave

Instructions for a Heatwave

Subheading to come

StyleGill ThompsonJuly 24, 2018Heatwave, L.P Hartley The Go Between Heatwave F. Scott FitzgeraldComment

How obedient are your characters?

How obedient are your characters?

Who is in control in your novel?

CharactersGill ThompsonJuly 17, 2018Vanity Fair, Makepeace Thackeray, the Becky Puppet, the Amelia Doll, Anne Tyler, Jessica StrawserComment

Mens Sana in Corpore Sano

Mens Sana in Corpore Sano

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

AdviceGill ThompsonJuly 10, 2018Jane Wenham-Jones, IronopolisComment

Squirrels and Magpies

Squirrels and Magpies

Are you a hoarder or an adapter?

StyleGill ThompsonJuly 3, 2018Comment

Pruning produces results

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