Transferred Epithets A novel way to freshen up your writing Read More StyleGill ThompsonOctober 23, 2018Comment
Let Nature tell the Time Avoiding clocks and calendars in fiction Read More StyleGill ThompsonOctober 9, 2018Comment
Detail: when is it too much? Avoiding the ‘info dump’. Read More StyleGill ThompsonSeptember 11, 2018Comment
Psychic Distance Nothing to be afraid of! Read More StyleGill ThompsonAugust 14, 2018Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Psychic distanceComment
Instructions for a Heatwave Subheading to come Read More StyleGill ThompsonJuly 24, 2018Heatwave, L.P Hartley The Go Between Heatwave F. Scott FitzgeraldComment
Squirrels and Magpies Are you a hoarder or an adapter? Read More StyleGill ThompsonJuly 3, 2018Comment
Writers just write! Why writers need to write for readers, not English Literature students! Read More StyleGill ThompsonMay 29, 2018Ian McEwan, Michael FraynComment
Readers want truth Fake news has no place in good books! Read More StyleGill ThompsonMay 1, 2018Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Sheep and Goats, Fake newsComment
Spot the Writer! Invisible writers make for engaged readers Read More StyleGill ThompsonApril 17, 2018Use of first person, Voice, Ishiguro, Rose TreainComment
A Sense of Place Let's avoid the obvious when creating settings. Read More StyleGill ThompsonApril 10, 2018Place, senses, settings, Dickens, Helen DunmoreComment
Hooking your reader How do successful writers start their novels? Read More StyleGill ThompsonApril 3, 2018Hook, First lines, OpeningsComment
Verbs for Victory How well chosen action words can energise your writing Read More StyleGill ThompsonMarch 13, 2018The Great Gatsby, VerbsComment