Esther Chilton
-
Dreary Dialogue So, you want your dialogue to sound as realistic as possible? If you listen to everyday speech, you’ll notice that it goes something like the following: “How are you today, Mavis?” “Oh, I’m…er…not too bad. Well…um, now you mention it…uh, it’s…you know…well, this knee, um…well, I just have to…you know, put up with…
-
Well, it seems as if a story can definitely be told in only six words – you certainly showed me how with some fantastic stories. They’re all published below. Enjoy! This week’s writing challenge was actually decided for me. On a Monday, I post an image designed to get your creative juices flowing and ideas…
-
It’s that time of the week again – time for me to add a new market to my ‘More Markets For Freelancers’ page. Do take a look at the page, as you’ll find plenty of other markets to target, as well as on my ‘Markets For Freelancers’ page. Dark Tales Monthly Short Story Competition: Dark…
-
This week’s is an intriguing one!:
-
Do you feel as if your writing needs a change of direction? Have you ever thought about copywriting? Don’t even know what it is? I was in exactly the same boat a few years ago. Read on and perhaps it’ll set you thinking about trying something new: A Copywriting Career I hadn’t ever thought about…
-
Check, check, check! It’s so important to check your work before you send it out. Mistakes easily creep in. Set your work aside for a few days and then read it through. If you leave it for a while, you then see it anew and mistakes stand out. To show you how easy it is…
-
Thank you to Eddy, Alexandra and Jasdeep for the wonderful, emotive diary entries they sent in for my challenge last week. They’re published below. I’m sure you would all like to congratulate Jasdeep for her recent special mention in ‘The Global Short story‘ 100-word competition. Please let me know of any successes you have and I’ll put them…
-
My weekly market for you follows. It will be added to my ‘More Markets For Freelancers Page’, where you’ll find lots of others markets to send your work to. There are also lots of different publications for writers on my ‘Markets For Freelancers’ page. Ambit, a UK quarterly literary and arts magazine, is my publication…
-
Sometimes the meaning literally becomes lost in translation. This is the first in my new ‘Funny Of The Week’ series:
-
I’ve written about flash fiction a few times but some of you are still a little confused as to what it is. Here’s some further detail and an example. Perhaps it’ll inspire you to enter a competition or to send me some for ‘My Weekly Writing Challenge’. There’s still time to send a diary entry…
Esther Chilton 