Esther Chilton
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‘Wanderlust‘ is my market for you this week. They describe themselves as being a travel magazine ‘for people with a passion for travel’. Destinations the world over are covered. Thay particularly like ‘off-the-beaten-track destinations, secret corners of the world and unusual angles on well-known places are always of particular interest’. If you like travel writing…
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I love this one! Though, I think 50% of you will disagree 😉
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My Monday motivational blog is to remind you that my Flash Fiction Competition closes tomorrow! So there’s still time to enter or for those of you who already have, to send another story. Here’s a quick reminder of the details: Prizes: 1st £50, 2nd £25, 3rd £10 Entry fee: £2 per story Word Limit: Stories…
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Be consistent We’ve all done it – been so immersed in our writing that we’ve changed a character’s name half way through a story. So a story might start off being about Jake and his annoying mother, only for him to morph into a character called Johnny towards the end of the story. It needn’t…
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My challenge for your this week is to write a poem or story based on the following visual prompt of a haunted lighthouse: Last week’s challenge was a poem about the sea. There were some fantastic responses: Judith Westerfield sent the following link to a poem that’s a little different but highly entertaining: http://judithwesterfield.com/2015/05/21/up-a-tree-x-8/ Stephen…
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As so many of you have taken up my weekly writing challenge and written a poem, I thought my market this week had better be for a poetry competition (it’s also a short story competition). The Ambit Summer Writing Competition 2015 closes on the 15th July 2015. Here is are the important details: Prizes: First…
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Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned!
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Last week, I gave you a visual image to help you get the creative juices flowing: Several of you felt inspired by the image and shared some wonderful ideas, stories and poems. Settle back and enjoy: Stephenie Houghtlin came up with the following idea. I think she should turn it into a full story: Emily…
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My top tip of the week is to never give up. You can be pictures 2, 4 and 6 (left to right, top to bottom)!
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My challenge for your this week is for a poem. Your theme is the sea. It can be a gentle, calm sea of summer, or a raging, fierce sea of winter; it’s up to you. Last week, I asked for ten-word stories including the following words: Spider-Man Catastrophic Shrimp Malodorous Callipygian Here are your hilarious…
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