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I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. A lot of you have contacted me to say you’re using this holiday time for writing. It’s not easy to fit writing projects around day jobs and everything else life brings us. If you’re stuck for a story/poetry idea, think about the first word that comes into…
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Happy Christmas everyone. Hope you’re having a wonderful day, surrounded by loved ones. My Guest Writer Spot is a special one this week. Not only is it on Christmas Day, my guest writer is Geoff Le Pard, the winner of my flash fiction competition. Here’s a little bit about him, in his own words: “Geoff Le…
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Yes, I know it’s Christmas, but that’s no excuse for not joining in my weekly challenge. You have two weeks for this one – until 7th January. We’ll be well into the New Year then so my challenge is centred around the theme of New Year (with a few fun words thrown in too!): Option…
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Many of you enjoy writing flash fiction and a lot of you also like a prompt to kick-start your ideas. Here’s a market which marries the two: 100wordstory is a site which publishes all sorts of 100 word stories. One of the stories they publish is from a monthly photo prompt. There’s no fee and…
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It’s that time of the week again – time to get your creative brain working for my weekly challenge. I’ve gone all Christmasy for this one. Enjoy! Option one: Choose as many words as you can from the following list and write a twenty-word story: Crackers Mary Party Stockings Celebrate Star Donkey Santa Gold Frosty…
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A lot of you enjoy writing flash fiction. Here’s an excellent competition for you. The Fish Flash Fiction Prize 2016 is currently accepting entries of up to 300 words. Prizes: 1st: €1,000 2nd: online writing course with Fish The closing date is 28th February 2016. Ten stories will be published in the 2016 Fish Anthology.…
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If you’re struggling to come up with an idea for a story, think about a colour, say blue, and then see where your mind takes you. The first word that came into my mind was balloon. I then started thinking about a woman who didn’t like the balloon…and so on. Here’s the story: The Blue…
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Yes, it’s that time of the week again – time to get your creative brain working for my weekly challenge. Enjoy! Option one: Choose as many words as you can from the following list and write a twenty-word story: Bibliopole Scarlet Breatharian Nancy Blimey Constellate Uncouth Moped Bauble Angel Degust Needy Tinsel Chocolate Elves Option…
Esther Chilton 