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Last week, I gave you a visual image to help you get the creative juices flowing: Several of you felt inspired by the image and shared some wonderful ideas, stories and poems. Settle back and enjoy: Stephenie Houghtlin came up with the following idea. I think she should turn it into a full story: Emily…
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My top tip of the week is to never give up. You can be pictures 2, 4 and 6 (left to right, top to bottom)!
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My challenge for your this week is for a poem. Your theme is the sea. It can be a gentle, calm sea of summer, or a raging, fierce sea of winter; it’s up to you. Last week, I asked for ten-word stories including the following words: Spider-Man Catastrophic Shrimp Malodorous Callipygian Here are your hilarious…
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Flash Fiction Competition Countdown! This week’s market is a reminder that you have less than two weeks to enter my 250-word flash fiction competition. Here are the essentail details: Prizes: 1st £50, 2nd £25, 3rd £10 Entry fee: £2 per story Word Limit: Stories of up to 250 words are invited on any theme. Payment…
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Love the sense of humour here:
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My Monday motivation for you this week comes in the form of a picture of a little girl praying. Is she praying for the safe return of her dad who’s a soldier? Or perhaps she’s saying a prayer for her sister who’s ill. Why she’s praying, who for and the outcome is up to you,…
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Don’t waffle! My top tips have revolved around short story openings over the past couple of weeks. This week builds on this. Remember that your opening few paragraphs need to grab your reader’s attention straight away. It’s no use filling them with lots of waffle. Your reader will switch off and move to another story…
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I think I’m going to re-name this ‘My Daughter’ s Weekly Writing Challenge’! Her five compulsory words for you to make into a ten-word story for next week are: Spider-Man Catastrophic Shrimp Malodorous Callipygian Happy writing! Last weeks words were: Maraca Flabbergasted Ventriloquist Pensive Obama Here are the results: Sacha Black kicks us off with…
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My market for you this week is the Ifanca Helene James Short Story Competition. The closing date for entries is 1st July 2015. Stories of up to 2200 words are invited. The prizes are as follows: 1st place: £100 plus a bottle of champagne 2nd place: £75 3rd place: £50 There’s an entry fee of…
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Originally posted on Sacha Black: The biggest blogging event of the year is here. If you have blogging friends, comrades or just fancy being nosy, then this event is for you. I am organising the first Bloggers Bash. An opportunity for you all to get together and meet the friends you made through blogging, in…
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Esther Chilton 