inspiration
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This week’s market has an excellent prompt; as soon as I saw it, all sorts of ideas came bursting into my mind. Brilliant Flash Fiction‘s prompt is ‘It came in the mail‘. Here are the all important details for you: Word limit: 500 words, excluding title Entry fee: None Prizes: 1st prize: 50€ (or equivalent…
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This week, I’m going to give you five words. This is a good way to get your creative brain thinking and the ideas for a story/poem to come flooding in. Here are your words: Ghost Caravan News Football Shadow Here’s my story, using all five words: Unexpected I was wrong. I thought finding a ghost…
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This week’s guest writer, Lucy Jackson, is a woman after my own heart; she’s a cat lover, too. Here’s a little bit about her: “Cats have always played a big part in my life and I currently have seven! They’ve inspired me to write poetry and I’ve probably written well over a hundred poems! Other…
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Many thanks for bearing with me. I now have a new challenge for you: OPTION ONE: Write a six-word story with the word FLAMINGO in it somewhere. OPTION TWO: Write a poem or limerick on the theme of LAUGHTER. OPTION THREE: Your word is POLITICS. Yes, I’m probably opening the flood gates here, but I…
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For those of you who like a theme, this week’s short story competition may be just the one for you. Arkbound Short Story Competition is calling for entries on the theme of INSPIRATION. Here are some more details for you: Word limit: Between 500 – 2000 words 1st prize: £100 2nd prize: £50 3rd prize:…
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After the excitement of announcing the winners of my two short story competitions over the past two weeks, it’s back to my Monday Motivations slot. This week, I’m going to give you five themes to get your creative brain going. Read them then close your eyes and see where your imagination takes you: Fairies Revenge…
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This week, I’d like to welcome new writer, Maria Jenkins to my Guest Writer Spot. Before you read her heart-wrenching poem, here’s a little bit about her, in her own words: “I’ve been writing stories and poems since I was a little girl. English was my favourite subject at school, but when I left and…
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I have an apology to make – I’d forgotten that I’m taking Mother to see Romeo and Juliet tonight, so My Weekly Writing Challenge is going to be a rollover (with a twist! See below). I’ll publish all the wonderful entries that you’ve been sending in this week on my blog next Thursday, together with…
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Article writing competitions are less common than short story and poetry competitions, but here’s one for you – and it’s one all of you can enter. Scribble Magazine is looking for entries into its Annual Article Competition.The theme is ‘My Writing Day‘. Entries must be between 1000 and 1500 words. The closing date is 31st…
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Last week, the focus was on flash fiction and the results of my 100-word story competition. This week, it’s over to the longer story. For the latter, you were given the theme of ‘treasure’ and you could interpret that in any way you wished, as long as it was within 1000 words. I love the…
Esther Chilton 