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What Shape is your book?

What Shape is your book?

Different structures for different purposes

StyleGill ThompsonMay 19, 2021Comment

Accessing the Past

Accessing the Past

Sometimes it can pay to be old!

AdviceGill ThompsonMay 11, 2021Comment

Make Us Care!

Make Us Care!

A lesson from Shelley and Ishiguro

CharactersGill ThompsonMay 4, 2021Comment

Ask a Local!

Ask a Local!

Tips for Lockdown Writing

AdviceGill ThompsonApril 27, 2021Comment

Mind the Gap!

Mind the Gap!

How do commercial and literary fiction differ?

StyleGill ThompsonApril 20, 2021Comment

Writers and Social Media

Writers and Social Media

Cultivating an online presence

AdviceGill ThompsonApril 13, 2021Comment

The Salt Technique

The Salt Technique

How to avoid the dreaded ‘info dump’.

AdviceGill ThompsonApril 6, 2021Comment

The Writers and Artists Yearbook

The Writers and Artists Yearbook

A great resource for writers.

AdviceGill ThompsonMarch 30, 2021Comment

First Drafts and Onions

First Drafts and Onions

Peeling Back the Layers

AdviceGill ThompsonMarch 23, 2021Comment

List Making

List Making

The effect that strings of nouns can have on your writing

StyleGill ThompsonMarch 16, 2021Comment

What are your Verbal Tics?

What are your Verbal Tics?

Editing out those weasels

AdviceGill ThompsonMarch 9, 2021Comment

Precision Power

Precision Power

Detail is everything

StyleGill ThompsonMarch 2, 2021Comment