GEORGE L THOMAS

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• Further Writing Tips

  By georgelthomas on 12 Jul 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Just when you thought that there could not possibly be another single writing tip in the whole of existence left unexplored, I come along and drop another six on you! So here we go with a ‘further’ six writing tips:… Read More ›

• Creating an Outline with Index Cards

  By georgelthomas on 11 Jul 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today, I’m going to explain how you can outline a novel with index cards Creating an Outline with Index Cards All you need to create your outline are 60 index cards, a pen… Read More ›

• The Christmas Lights, Fantastic!

  By georgelthomas on 10 Jul 2017 • ( 25 )

  

  Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well! This is another little piece that I wrote for a creative writing course. It is a very accurate little snapshot of what life must have been like for my parents in raising a… Read More ›

• More Confused Words

  By georgelthomas on 9 Jul 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Hello again everyone! It’s been a rather slow morning, creatively speaking so in hopes of jumpstarting my brain, here are some more of those words which look or sound similar but have entirely different meanings. Whether, Weather Whether: is used… Read More ›

• Why I Read

  By georgelthomas on 8 Jul 2017 • ( 22 )

  

  Reading is one of my favourite things to do, particularly if I’ve had an especially stressful day. For me, there is very little that can beat the feeling of climbing into bed at night with a good book and having… Read More ›

• The Three Act Structure

  By georgelthomas on 7 Jul 2017 • ( 12 )

  

  I’ve written before about story structure and about how I structure my own stories, but I thought that I would talk a little bit about another useful (if a bit more complicated) way of structuring your story elements, the Three Act Structure…. Read More ›

• Creating Believable and Relatable Characters

  By georgelthomas on 5 Jul 2017 • ( 58 )

  

  The first thing I think you should keep in mind during character creation is that a character doesn’t have to be realistic; they just have to be believable and relatable. What that means, for example, is that Superman, the Little Mermaid… Read More ›

• Confused Words

  By georgelthomas on 3 Jul 2017 • ( 14 )

  

  Occasionally it can be difficult to choose the correct word, and this can be compounded by the fact that so many words can look or sound the same and yet mean entirely different things. Here’s a list of some of… Read More ›

• Even More Writing Tips

  By georgelthomas on 1 Jul 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I had this post in my head, and it was distracting me from my work, so I figured I would just get it out of my system. I didn’t actually realise that I knew so much about writing, though, as… Read More ›

• Building a Story

  By georgelthomas on 30 Jun 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  In my post about Story Structure, I talked about the six main elements or structural points I use on Freytag’s Pyramid. Here are those points with a brief description (as I understand them) of what they are: Exposition This is the… Read More ›

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