Esther Chilton
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I recently saw this caption: Accept that some days you’re the pigeon and some days you’re the statue. It’s so true! Which one are you today?
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I’m not sure either one is too impressed with this arrangement!
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Three dots is plenty! My top tips have included advice on not overdoing exclamation marks as well as dashes. Now it’s the turn of the three dots… An example of when this is used is where a character’s words trail off in speech e.g.: “I need some time to think about it…I’ll let you know…”…
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My writing exercise for your this week is to write a short story in the form of e-mails. Who is e-mailing who and about what is up to you. Two old school friends could be parted by distance but stay in touch via e-mail. Perhaps something happens to one of them, or there could be…
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I don’t know about you, but this time yesterday, the working wasn’t going well and I was ready to a) hurl my laptop across the room b) burst into tears or c) both. Thankfully today things have gone smoothly (so far) and I feel like I’m getting somewhere. My market for your this week is…
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I love witty quotes and captions. This one caught my eye and made me laugh:
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Last week, I gave the dogs a chance, now, thanks to this little cutie, it’s back to ‘cat tired’! Though, surely not the most comfortable place to fall asleep??!!
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My tip this week applies to all aspiring writers and that’s to never give up. It can be very disheartening to receive rejection letter after rejection letter or not to hear back at all – I know, I’ve been there. But I kept going, researching markets, reading others’ work, building on my punctuation and grammar…
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Last week I gave you five items to give you inspiration and to fit into a short story. So it’s only fair that I give you five items to fit into a poem: Pop Pink Ladder Glow Crown Have fun! Here’s what I came up with: Tights Tights. Now there’s a word, Which is…
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The words ‘there just aren’t enough hours in the day’ are certainly on the tip of my lips this week but that seems to be the pace of life these days. Though, I have a job I love and a great family so I really shouldn’t moan. For the writers amongst you, how is all…
Esther Chilton 