Asking Your Characters Questions An innovative way of inventing people Read More CharactersGill ThompsonOctober 8, 2019Comment
Life beyond the book Do your characters exist beyond their story? Read More CharactersGill ThompsonSeptember 24, 2019Comment
Dressing for the Part Getting into character Read More CharactersGill ThompsonSeptember 18, 2019Comment
Non Verbal Leakage Training our characters to alert readers to their inner feelings Read More CharactersGill ThompsonJune 25, 2019Comment
Whose book is it Anyway? Who owns our characters? Read More CharactersGill ThompsonFebruary 19, 2019Comment
What Price Friendships? Can you base your stories on the experiences of people you know? Read More CharactersGill ThompsonFebruary 12, 2019 Comments
Conveying Trauma in Texts Tips from a playwright on how to show mental distress Read More CharactersGill ThompsonJanuary 22, 2019Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire’, Plastic TheatreComment
Flat or Round Characters Are your characters stereotypes or individuals? Read More CharactersGill ThompsonNovember 27, 2018Comment
Keeping our characters alive Reminding your readers of ‘missing’ characters. Read More CharactersGill ThompsonSeptember 18, 2018Comment
What’s in a Name? What you call your characters is important! Read More CharactersGill ThompsonAugust 28, 2018Comment
How obedient are your characters? Who is in control in your novel? Read More CharactersGill ThompsonJuly 17, 2018Vanity Fair, Makepeace Thackeray, the Becky Puppet, the Amelia Doll, Anne Tyler, Jessica StrawserComment