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January Weather

January Weather

A lesson from Dickens

StyleGill ThompsonJanuary 29, 2019Comment

Conveying Trauma in Texts

Conveying Trauma in Texts

Tips from a playwright on how to show mental distress

CharactersGill ThompsonJanuary 22, 2019Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire’, Plastic TheatreComment

Are your endings two-faced?

Are your endings two-faced?

A Roman god shows us how to write an epic conclusion

Gill ThompsonJanuary 15, 2019Comment

Ringing in the New Year

Ringing in the New Year

Tennyson show us how

StyleGill ThompsonJanuary 8, 2019Comment

Writing Christmas

Writing Christmas

Dickens gives us a masterclas

StyleGill ThompsonDecember 18, 2018Comment

Conveying Time Lapses

Conveying Time Lapses

How do writers signal to readers that time has gone by?

StyleGill ThompsonDecember 10, 2018Comment

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