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Cultural Appropriation

Cultural Appropriation

How can we inhabit other characters without causing offence.

AdviceGill ThompsonDecember 4, 2018Comment

Flat or Round Characters

Flat or Round Characters

Are your characters stereotypes or individuals?

CharactersGill ThompsonNovember 27, 2018Comment

Ode to Autumn

Ode to Autumn

What John Keats can teach us about evoking a season.

StyleGill ThompsonNovember 20, 2018Comment

Tell all the Truth

Tell all the Truth

The Legacy of the World War One Poets

AdviceGill ThompsonNovember 13, 2018Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred OwenComment

Making Time

Making Time

The time-money paradox

AdviceGill ThompsonNovember 6, 2018Comment

When have you finished?

When have you finished?

Is the end of your novel really the end?

AdviceGill ThompsonOctober 30, 2018ChurchillComment

Transferred Epithets

Transferred Epithets

A novel way to freshen up your writing

StyleGill ThompsonOctober 23, 2018Comment

Are you a ‘Billy no mates’?

Are you a ‘Billy no mates’?

Does your writing isolate you?

AdviceGill ThompsonOctober 16, 2018Comment

Let Nature tell the Time

Let Nature tell the Time

Avoiding clocks and calendars in fiction

StyleGill ThompsonOctober 9, 2018Comment

How Badly do you want this?

How Badly do you want this?

Sacrificing for success.

AdviceGill ThompsonOctober 2, 2018Comment

Who’s on your team?

Who’s on your team?

Why support is vital.

AdviceGill ThompsonSeptember 25, 2018Comment

Keeping our characters alive

Keeping our characters alive

Reminding your readers of ‘missing’ characters.

CharactersGill ThompsonSeptember 18, 2018Comment