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This is a series I’ve run before, but I’ve come across some hilarious new signs. I hope you enjoy them. Here’s the first. I’d love to know how this works:
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This week’s stimulus to set you off on the writing trail is a visual one. I hope this eerie scene, with the strange-looking shadow in the distance, sets you thinking…
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Fiction in a flash My top tip of the week is a cheeky one – if you have any time over the long bank holiday weekend write a flash fiction story for my competition! There’s still plenty of time to enter, but why not have a go now? Here’s a reminder of the details: Flash…
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Last week, I gave you the opening to your story, so this week, for my challenge, I’m going to give you the ending: She shook her head and smiled. The day hadn’t started well, but it had certainly ended with a bang. There are no word limits or themes. Why your character shook her head…
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My market for you this week is called ‘The Letters Page‘. It’s a correspondence-themed literary journal, which publishes hand-written letters. The journal is published three times a year. Each copy is free and downloadable as a PDF file. They’re looking for ‘stories, essays, poems, memoir, travelogue, reportage, conversation, criticism, speculation, illustration, deviation, and more. If…
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We moan that today’s children don’t read and then we moan when they clearly do…
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My motivation for you this Monday comes in the form of an image of an underwater world. Let your imagination carry you away…
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Paragraphs Whether you’re writing an article, short story or novel, be careful of your paragraph lengths, especially your opening paragraph. If a reader is faced with a big block of words, it can be very off-putting as can page after page of long and lengthy paragraphs. It’s good to have a mixture as this aids…
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For my challenge this week, I’m going to give you the opening line to your story. There’s no word limit, so it can be as short or as long as you like. Here’s the line: John knew he’d gone too far this time – and there was no going back. Last week’s challenge was a…
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Enormous thanks goes to Sacha Black for this week’s market. Wordhaus literary magazine is holding a writing competition with the theme of ‘Tipping Point’. Winners will have the opportunity of being featured in Wordhaus magazine and on TheWritePractice.com. Sign ups for participation in the competition close Friday, May 15 so you’ll need to get moving.…
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Esther Chilton 