blogging
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As a cat lover, when I saw this, it had to be my ‘funny of the week’:
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When I saw the image below, I thought how true it is of writing. As writers, we all have a dream – whether it’s to be a best-selling author, a weekly columnist, or an article or short story writer. That dream can be achieved, even from the smallest start. But the most important thing is…
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Dastardly Dashes! Last week, it was the turn of the exclamation mark and this week it’s the turn of the dash (-). A dash is often used as a short interruption in text and like exclamation marks, a few are fine but overloading your script with them makes it harder on the eyes to read,…
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I recently came across a limerick writing competition. I haven’t written a limerick in ages so I thought I’d give the competition a miss. But the idea of writing a limerick keeps coming back. Traditional limericks have five lines, where the first, second and fifth lines rhyme, with seven to ten syllables in each line.…
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It’s been a very busy week Writers Bureau-wise, with lots of assignments to mark. Though, I thoroughly enjoy this aspect of my work; the students all have such creative ideas and it’s always a pleasure to help in any way I can. I’m also immersed in the joys of editing my children’s books – I’m…
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The famous author, Mark Twain, has many a great quote to his name. I love the following one: ‘Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.’
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Looks like only one of us is going to get some work done today!
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Exclamation Marks!!!!! Exclamation marks are often used as a tool to draw readers’ eyes to a funny or unbelievable point. Don’t overdo them. A couple is fine but if a script is peppered with them they cease to have the desired effect and detract from the writing itself. What’s more, they’re certain to put an…
Esther Chilton 