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Here’s part three in my writing dialogue series. If you missed part one, click here. For part two, click here. Tip three: You want your dialogue to sound realistic, but if you listen to people talking, every day speech is full of ‘um’s, ‘ah’s, ‘er’s, ‘you know’s etc. Don’t add these to your dialogue. The…
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Four years ago, I found myself wandering around outside The British Library, in London, trying to look casual, while out of the corner of my eye, looking for fellow bloggers, who were gathering for the first Annual Bloggers Bash. Could I see any? No. Perhaps I’d got the date wrong? Or maybe I was in…
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It’s that time of the week – five-word challenge time again! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Nightmare in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Scandal. You sent in some great stories. Here they are: Sanandi-jacq: Composted sandal scandal goes viral.…
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Writers’ Forum is a monthly writing magazine offering advice and inspiration to writers. They accept articles on all sorts of aspects of writing, but they prefer an idea in the first instance. To find out more about exactly what they’re looking for, take a look at their submission guidelines. ***
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Here’s part two in my writing dialogue series. If you missed part one, click here. Tip two: When more than one character is speaking, you must place each character’s speech into different paragraphs. Otherwise it can be difficult to work out who is saying what e.g.: “How much is that dress?” Sian asked the shop…
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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 Scandal in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Aliens. You sent in some great stories. Here they are: Trent’s World: It wasn’t me! Really! Aliens… Sanandi-jacq: Aliens permeate fabric of…
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Cows never listen, do they? Photo credit: Ivman’s blague
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