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Here’s part seven in my writing dialogue series. Here are parts one, two, three, four, five and six. Now for part seven: Use dialogue to break up big blocks of narrative text. It aids readability, as well as injecting pace into the story. ***
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Please welcome Laura Sansom to my Guest Writer Spot for the first time. She’s written a great story for us. Before you read her story, you might like to know a little bit about her: Laura is an aspiring writer whose projects has, and will continue to include poetry, article/ content writing, flash fiction and…
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It’s five-word challenge time again! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Switch in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Sulk. You sent in some interesting and entertaining stories. Here they are: Sanandi-jacq: Lacking bulk hulk in sulk. Ritu: No sweets allowed…
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Looking for a poetry competition to enter? Ambit Magazine are holding their 2019 Poetry Competition, with the theme of ‘Wild’ to celebrate their 60th birthday. Here’s some more information for you: Prizes: 1st: £500 2nd: £250 3rd: £100 Poems must not exceed 50 lines. Entry fee: £6. If you send in over five submissions, you’ll…
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I’m sure they’ll have people ringing non-stop. Though I’m not sure what ‘staring’ pay is…
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Here’s part six in my writing dialogue series. If you missed part one, click here. For part two, click here. For part three, you’ll find it here , for part four, click here and for part five, it’s here. Now for part six: At the end of a passage of speech, don’t add a full…
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It’s five-word challenge time again! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Sulk in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Jump. You sent in some interesting and entertaining stories. Here they are: Trents World: Almost here! Time to jump…. Chelsea Owens: Jump…
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Grindstone Literary Company have lots of writing competitions to enter, from short story writing, to poetry, to novels. Here’s what they have to say about themselves: ‘Grindstone is more than just a competitions website – we’re a writing community. We provide opportunities for writers to challenge themselves by entering our writing competitions and pitting themselves…
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If you thought portaloos were bad…