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This week’s challenge is a fun one and it’s one I’ve set before – the beloved limerick! Here’s a reminder of how to write one:Traditional limericks have five lines, where the first, second and fifth lines rhyme, with seven to ten syllables in each line. The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and…
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My market for you this week is Words Magazine. It’s a magazine, which holds regular, free to enter, short story competitions. All entries are considered for publication in the magazine and there are small cash prizes for first and second placed stories. The maximum word length for stories is 2000 words. To find out about…
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I don’t think this company are quite all they’re cracked up to be:
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This week, my Monday motivation takes the form of a picture – and a grisly one to make you sit up, get thinking and write! Looking at the photo, here’s what came to mind for me: The Killing The knife plunges in, Blood oozes out, Splashing me, cascading down, Again I stab, deeper this time,…
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Have Fun With Your Writing! As writers, it’s so easy to get caught up in meeting deadlines, getting over writers’ block, trying to earn a living etc. so it’s no wonder we forget to enjoy writing. And enjoyment is exactly why we started writing in the first place. So forget the novel/short story/article you’re working…
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Last week I gave you an opening line for a story or poem; this week’s writing challenge is about a closing line. Your line is, Phew, that was a close one! Let your imaginations run riot! Now, onto last week’s stories and poems, which opened with the line, ‘I knew I didn’t like her as soon…
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The Fiction Desk’s Annual Ghost Story. I have Geoff Le Pard to thank for this week’s market. The Fiction Desk publish fiction of between 2000 – 11000 words (see my ‘More Markets For Freelancers Page’ for more info) They also hold regular competitions and are currently holding a ghost story competition, with a first prize…
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Good to know you don’t need to travel far to get help!
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Last week, I wrote about looking back over your writing achievements and recognising how far you’ve come. This week, it’s the turn of the photo. It’s always good to look back over photos. They bring back an explosion of memories, some happy, some sad. I found a photo of my lovely grandad last week. He…
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Be versatile! As writers, we know what we like. Perhaps you enjoy writing fiction and want to become a novelist. Or maybe you yearn to be a screen writer or journalist. So, knowing what we like to write, we often stick to it and don’t try other forms of writing. Have you thought about copywriting?…
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Esther Chilton 