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  • Take A Look Around You…

    One of my recent writing workshops focused on how to generate ideas from around you. In the case of the workshop in question, it was about taking a look around your home for ideas. But you can also apply this to the outside world, be it nature, work, school or the shops… Bombast and Beauty…

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  • Writing Workshop…Top Tips

    Now for the ninth instalment in my writing workshop series. I’ve covered the short story ending as well as the opening.  I’ve guided you through dialogue and focused on the importance of taking time to do things properly. I’ve also given you a competitions refresher and some general advice on the art of the short…

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  • Writing Workshop…Top Tips

    Now for the eighth instalment in my writing workshop series. I’ve covered the short story ending as well as the opening.  I’ve guided you through dialogue and focused on the importance of taking time to do things properly. I’ve also given you a competitions refresher and some general advice on the art of the short…

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  • A Little Piece Of Flash…

    One of my short story tips is to take a single word and then to create a story around it. In the book I’ve been reading the word ‘envy’ stood out. It set my mind working on a story…   Envy   I look around at my colleagues with envy. “Are you ok, Jamilla?” Shirley…

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  • Writing Workshop…Top Tips

    Now for the sixth instalment in my writing workshop series. I’ve covered the short story ending as well as the opening.  I’ve guided you through dialogue and focused on the importance of taking time to do things properly. I’ve also given you a competitions refresher and some general advice on the art of the short…

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  • Writing Workshop…Top Tips

    Now for the sixth instalment in my writing workshop series. I’ve covered the short story ending as well as the opening.  I’ve guided you through dialogue and focused on the importance of taking time to do things properly. Last week, it was a competitions refresher. This week there’s some advice on the art of the…

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  • Writing Workshop…Top Tips

    Now for the fifth instalment in my writing workshop series. I’ve covered the short story ending as well as the opening.  I’ve guided you through dialogue and focused on the importance of taking time to do things properly. This week, it’s a competitions refresher: I’m A Winner!   Type ‘writing competitions’ into your search engine…

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  • Love…And Hate…

    And here’s another piece of flash fiction for you: Destruction I touch his face, my fingers caressing his lips, catching on a ragged ridge of chapped skin. I press my own to them, tasting the tang of tears as they cascade down my cheeks. I drink in his warmth. Or what’s left; it won’t be…

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  • Writing Workshop…Top Tips

    Now for the fourth instalment in my writing workshop series. I’ve covered the short story ending as well as the opening and last week I gave you a dialogue refresher course. This week, it’s all about the importance of taking time to do things properly:  Top Tips… Don’t Become A Sloppy Writer!   Writing is…

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  • Writing Workshop…Top Tips

    Now for the third instalment in my writing workshop series. Last week was all about the ending of a short story; the previous week focused on the story opening and this week it’s time for a dialogue refresher course: Top Tips… The Do’s and Don’ts of Dialogue   It isn’t easy to write convincing dialogue…

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