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What’s in a name? It’s so easy to fall into the trap of changing a character’s name half-way through a story. In the opening few paragraphs, your main protagonist might start off as Sarah. Then, as you build towards the end, she may find herself morphing into a character called Sally. This shows that you’ve…
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I’d like to give a warm welcome to Kyt Wright, who is my Guest Writer this week. Here is some information about him: ‘Born in the 1957 the year the Space Race started when the USSR launched its first satellite and growing up with astronauts and cosmonauts on the TV meant Yuri Gagarin and Gordon…
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Last week, I put out a request for guest writers and I’ve received many, many replies so thank you to everyone who got in touch. Your wonderful writing will appear in this slot one Friday soon. My first Guest Writer is Margaret Welwood. Here is a little bit about her: “Grandma, can you tell me…
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Writing Magazine is holding an 1000-word story competition. The theme is an open one and the closing date is 15th July 2018. Even though the word limit is shorter than their usual competitions, their prizes are the same, i.e. £200 to the winner, plus publication in the magazine and £50 to the runner-up and publication…
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This week’s challenge is to write a story, limerick or poem on the subject of: Holidays Last week’s challenge was to write about sunshine. You sent in some excellent pieces. Here are a few: Keith Channing‘s limerick is hilarious – and so true! Sometimes, when the weather is fine We sit back with bread, cheese…
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Do you enjoy crafting a cracking crime story to be solved? Or creating chills for your reader? Then The Writing Magazine Crime/Thriller Short Story Competition isn’t to be ignored. Here are some details for you: Prizes: 1st: £200 plus publication in the magazine 2nd: £50 plus publication on the website Entry fee: £6 or £4…
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Christmas is on its way! Not really – though it is if you want to enter the latest Words Magazine short story competition. The theme is Christmas and the closing date is 30th June 2018. Here are some more details for you: Prizes: 1st: £50 2nd: £25 Entry fee: FREE Word limit: 2000 words For…
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This week’s Guest Writer is Ken Taylor, who took up writing when he retired from work. As you’ll see he has a talent for taking the reader right to the scene. Enjoy. Here’s a little bit about him in his own words: “My name is Ken Taylor. Having retired from business, I am now living…
Esther Chilton 