Esther Chilton
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Always Back Up Your Work It’s so so easy to rely on your computer’s hard drive but what happens when that hard drive fails? Sometimes work can be recovered but often it’s lost for good. There are several ways you can back up your work. Here are the main ones: * CD-ROM * USB Flash…
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Whether you’re a full-time writer or write as a hobby, there are always days when the ideas and writing just don’t come together. This is when it’s good to work on something a little different. Then you can go back to your writing feeling refreshed and ready to start anew. Here’s an exercise to give…
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It’s been a busy week so far but a positive one. Tutoring for The Writers Bureau is something which I love especially when a student has a success to report, which happened this week. As all you writers know, success can sometimes be elusive and so gaining publication is something to be proud of and…
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Funny of the Week.
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It’s so easy to make mistakes when writing articles, short stories etc. Just one or two letters is all that it takes to alter all meaning and to make for a very different kind of read to the one the writer intended, as this example shows: She gazed out the front window, chewing her lips…
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A Helping Paw!.
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Working on my latest commission for ‘The Cat’ with some ‘help’ from Morris!
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Top Tip Of The Week.
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Humour always stands out. If you see or hear anything funny, write it down in a notebook. Cut out anything that amuses you in the paper or in a magazine, from typos to comical ads to funny stories. These can make great fillers or letters. They can also spark off amusing ideas or lead to…
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Stuck For A Short Story Idea?.
Esther Chilton 