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This week’s market gives all you budding novelists out there the opportunity to have your synopsis and the first 3000 words of your book read by editors at Crooked Cat Publishing. The annual Flash 500 Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Competition is now taking entries. Prizes: 1st: £500 Runner-up: £200 Entry fee: £10 Optional…
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Got hiccups? Here’s a tip for getting rid of them..
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This week, I’m pleased to welcome a new young talent from India. Gopika N has written a stunning poem. Here’s a little bit about Gopika, in the writer’s own words: “Myself Gopika.N and I am from Kerala, the southern tip of the largest democracy in the world-India. I am, right now, 17 and am a…
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If you’re looking for a quick writing challenge, why not give these a go?: OPTION ONE: Write a fifteen-word story with the words WICKED, WRITER and WAR in it somewhere. OPTION TWO: Write a poem or limerick on the theme of FUN. OPTION THREE: Your word of the week is the PAST. What does that…
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Yes, it’s Monday again and time to unleash your creativity on the world. Here’s a challenge to get you kick-started. Write a flash fiction piece of between 50-100 words with the following line in it somewhere: It was over. What’s over is up to you – an affair, a friendship, a trip to space, a…
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It’s Friday and time for my Guest Writer Spot. This week, I’m delighted to welcome Suzanne Lambert. Before you read her thoroughly interesting and inspirational non-fiction piece, here’s a little bit about her in her own words: “I live in Newcastle upon Tyne and my second book is due to be published by Penguin in…
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f the week again – challenge time. Here are my latest challenges for you: OPTION ONE: Write a fifteen-word story with the words GOLD, EVIL and LOVE in it somewhere. OPTION TWO: Write a poem or limerick on the theme of SPACE. OPTION THREE: Your word is PHOBIA. Are you afraid of spiders, flying, open…
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This week, I have a quarterly writing competition for you, so if you don’t quite finish your story in time and miss the current deadline, you can target the next one. The Henshaw Short Story Competition is currently inviting stories for its September competition. Prizes: 1st: £100 2nd: £50 3rd: £25 Entry fee: £5. Critique:…
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Just a slight difference then…
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It’s that time of the week again – challenge time. Here are my latest challenges for you: OPTION ONE: Write a fifteen-word story with the words HUNGRY, TAXI and SUPERMAN in it somewhere. OPTION TWO: Write a poem or limerick on the theme of FOOD. OPTION THREE: Your word is AUTUMN. Yes, it’s just around…
Esther Chilton 