Esther Chilton

  • My Writing Week

    My writing week got off to a flying start with a cheque in the post but that good start didn’t last long and the cheque was swiftly followed by a rejection. As a writer, it’s all too easy to take rejection personally and to focus on the bad rather than the good. Rejection is all…

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  • Here’s some little known facts about prisoners of war:    

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  • Mondays often come around far too quickly and it can be difficult to get going. Here’s a helping hand  to inspire you, make you laugh and think ‘Perhaps it’s not so bad after all’:  

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  • Top Tip Of The Week

    Sidebars, Sideboxes, Boxouts, Fact Files and Further Information Panels These are all names given to additional information in an article. You’ll often see them in a box at the end of an article or down the side of an article. Travel articles, in particular, use them to provide extra details such as prices, places to…

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  • Somewhere to Start It can be difficult to know where to send your writing. The ‘Writers and Artists’ Year Book’ is full of agents, publishers and mainstream magazines and newsagents’ shelves are growing to fit the plethora of magazines published weekly, monthly and so on. Yet, it isn’t just a case of sending work off…

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  • My Writing Week

    A few weeks ago, I mentioned devising a daily plan and aiming to send work out each day. I’m now starting to see the benefit of this approach, with e-mails confirming two readers’ letters and one tip will be published in future magazines. I’ve also had an article I pitched commissioned and a children’s story…

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  • This is a classic:      

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  • I just love this face. It says so much:  

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  • Top Tip Of The Week

    Word Counts: Editors have specific spaces to fill in their magazines so it’s useful to state your word count whether you’re sending in an article, short story or filler. Always round your word count to the nearest 25 (this is generally accepted by most publications and it looks more professional to write say, 1500 words…

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  • Part 9 is the final part in my ‘ABC‘ of ideas for articles series. I hope you’ve enjoyed it and found it useful. Y is for yesteryear or more precisely, your yesteryear. There are a number of publications which invite articles about your schooldays, food, toys, holidays, shops, jobs and many other memories from the…

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