motivation

  • Markets For Writers

    This week’s market is for the fantasy, horror and science fiction writers among you. The British Fantasy Society is holding its 2016 short story competition. You’ll find all the details on their competition page. Here are a few basic details – Prizes: 1st: £100 2nd: £50 3rd: £20 Entry fee: £5 All prize winners will…

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  • Monday Motivations

    I don’t know about you, but I certainly have that sluggish Monday-mind-syndrome. So to start the writing week off, I’m inviting you (yes, again!) to enter one of my two short story competitions (with prizes!). One of them is for a short story of up to 1000 words on the theme of TREASURE. How you…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    This week it’s my pleasure to welcome back Nest Madden to my Guest Writer Spot. Nest is one of my brilliant students. Here’s a little background detail on Nest and you can read his previous story, The Easter Bunny. ‘Nest is a decorated security specialist who has over thirty years’ experience in front line security…

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  • Is your writing stuck in a rut this week? Then why not let my latest writing challenge get your creative juices flowing?: Option one: Write a limerick with the word PARTY in it somewhere Option two: Write a poem on the theme of SUMMER Option three: Write a twenty-word story using all of the following…

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  • Monday Motivations

    As usual, the weekend went by in a flash and it’s Monday again. Though, for those of us in England, it’s been a bank holiday so that Monday morning feeling hasn’t been quite so bad. We’re now into May and so you have less that a month to send your entries in for my  short…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    This week, it gives me great pleasure to welcome my brilliant student, Jason Moody to my Guest Writer Spot. You may be familiar with his name; he often takes part in my weekly writing challenges and entertains us with his witty limericks and stories. Here’s a little bit about him in his own words: ‘I’m…

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  • Looking for some inspiration? Then why not give my latest writing challenge a go? Option one: Write a limerick with the word LOVE in it somewhere Option two: Write a poem on the theme of SONG Option three: Write a twenty-word story using all of the following words: BIEBER, ALIAS, VORTEX, BILATERAL, LACONIC and TURGID…

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  • Monday Motivations

    If you’re like me and feeling that sluggish Monday-mind-syndrome, why not get it working by  entering one of my two short story competitions (with prizes!)? One of them is for a short story of up to 1000 words on the theme of TREASURE. How you choose to interpret that theme is up to you. You…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    I’m looking for some new writers for my Friday guest slot. If you’d like to see your work in my Guest Writer Spot, please contact me here or by e-mail: esthernewton@virginmedia.com. I accept stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. All you have to do is make sure your prose is no longer…

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  • If you fancy flexing your creative writing brain, why not give my latest writing challenge a go? Option one: Write a limerick with the word SCHOOL in it somewhere Option two: Write a poem on the theme of WILDLIFE Option three: Write a twenty-word story using all of the following words: COLIN, GAMER, INEFFABLE, TRAPEZE…

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