Esther Chilton
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If you’re writing a short story or novel and one character has a large passage of dialogue, you can break it down into shorter paragraphs rather than one big block of words. This helps readability. You’ll find an example below. As you’ll see, each paragraph should begin with speech marks, but only the last paragraph…
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Last week, I gave you some titles in the hope that it would spark off lots of ideas. It certainly did! You sent in some wonderful true-stories, poems and prose. A huge thank you to all of you who had a go. They’re all published below. Please take a look. Each one is fantastic. My…
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As well as checking this week’s market out, there are plenty more to choose from on my ‘Markets For Freelancers‘ and ‘More Markets For Freelancers‘ pages. Cricket Magazine You could be forgiven for thinking that this is a magazine devoted to the popular sport but take a look at the website and you’ll soon see…
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Talking of funny, there’s still time to enter my weekly writing challenge (ends Thursday – see earlier post). Perhaps you could send me a funny story or poem. Anyway, here’s my award for ‘Funny Of The Week’: Know of any services which operate this way?
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After my piece on adding humour to your writing last week, I thought I’d build on it this week and help you to start your week off with a smile: E-Publishing and the Re-birth of Malapropism, Misspellings, Mistakes and Mayhem They say anyone can be published these days thanks to e-publishing, blogging, social networking and…
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The Numbers Game A lot of publications and competitions now accept work by e-mail but some still prefer work to be submitted by post or accept both. If you’re sending an article, short story or novel by post, always number your pages. In busy offices with lots of different scripts, it’s easy for pages to…
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So, could you write a story in 20 words? The answer was a definite yes! (With one exception of 22 words but I’ll let that person off!) The results of all your fine efforts are below. For my new weekly challenge, I’m giving you some titles. Hopefully these will spark off all sorts of ideas…
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Do remember to take a look at my ‘Markets For Freelancers’ and ‘More Markets For Freelancers’ pages where you’ll find details of all sorts of markets for writers. This week, I’m bringing you details of a market for fiction writers. ‘The Fiction Desk’ describes itself as ‘Independent publishers of new short fiction’. They’re looking for short…
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I love this one:
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Humorous Writing In the current economic climate there isn’t much to cheer us, so a humorous article or funny story comes as a welcome break. But writing humour isn’t as easy as you might think. Here’s a helping hand to make sure you leave your readers smiling: Ideas for humorous letters, fillers, articles and stories…
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