Esther Chilton
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Be Exclusive When you write for a specific magazine, you only send your work to that publication. But some editors take months to come back to you. This is so frustrating. From past experience you know how difficult it is to get your work published, so surely it’s okay to offer your work to several…
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There I was, last week, thinking that I’d made things difficult for you by asking for a ten-word story using the words ‘potato’ and ‘Friday’ somewhere in the story. I wasn’t sure if I’d have many challengers at all. Boy, was I proved wrong! Read the fantastic results below. Right then, time to get tough.…
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My market for you this week is a very special one – it’s the launch of my first short story competition! Over the years I’ve entered lots of writing competitions and been fortunate enough to win some. There’s no feeling quite like it so I thought I’d give someone the opportunity to enjoy that special…
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Well, it’s a logical answer!:
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When a friend of mine had a book published, I bought a copy and happily posted a review on Amazon when he asked. Now I’ve had my own book published I can ask the the same of him, can’t I? I can, but I don’t like asking people if they’d write a review. I’m always…
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Don’t over or under-explain A lot of writers struggle with where to end their story. Some bring it to a close very abruptly and leave readers wondering what on earth happened next and thinking they’ve missed something vital. You don’t have to tie everything up in a neat little bow; it’s fine to let readers…
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Last week I set you the task of writing a story in ten words and you found it easy! So this week, I’m going to make it a little harder for you. I’d like another ten word story but this week, you need to find some way of using the words ‘potato’ and ‘Friday’ in…
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The publication I’m bringing you this week is a US magazine called ‘Creative Non-Fiction‘. It describes itself as ‘like jazz—it’s a rich mix of flavors, ideas, and techniques, some of which are newly invented and others as old as writing itself. Creative nonfiction can be an essay, a journal article, a research paper, a memoir,…
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If you don’t know the answer, is it best to leave it blank or put the first thing that comes to mind?!
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Last week I set you a Monday Motivation Challenge Special: can you write a short story, where the first sentence starts with A, the next B and so on, right throuigh to Z? I wasn’t sure if any of you would want to take up the challenge, but you did! And brilliantly, too. Here are…
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