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• Writing Short Stories

  By georgelthomas on 18 Jul 2017 • ( 17 )

  

  The first thing you should know before you begin to write a short story is: start in the middle! You might well be throwing your hands up in exasperation right now and saying to yourself, ‘well that’s just madness! Why… Read More ›

• Even More Confused Words

  By georgelthomas on 15 Jul 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Procrastination, my oldest nemesis, has set in once again and so in an attempt to motivate myself I’m back with ‘Even More Confused Words‘. They are: Assure, Ensure, Insure Assure: is used when you are trying to make certain of… Read More ›

• Writer’s Block

  By georgelthomas on 13 Jul 2017 • ( 8 )

  

  Many of us have struggled our way through writer’s block at one point or another. It is a condition, or rather a state of mind where the brain seems to have decided to stop cooperating and enters a sort of creative shutdown…. Read More ›

• 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 ›

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