motivation
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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…
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If you find yourself stuck for a short story idea, why not rework a fairytale? Let’s take Cinderella, as an example. You could write your story after the supposed ‘happy ever after’. Your story could centre around the ugly sisters’ revenge. What they do and if they succeed is up to you. Or there’s no…
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Last week, I had some new challengers joining in which was great to see. Welcome! I hope you enjoy this week’s challenge: Option one: Choose as many words as you can from the following list and write a twenty-word story: Secret Vermillion Rambunctious Quixotic Vision Gordon Paradigm Karma Taxi Snowman Sunglasses Alliteration Nincompoop Pabouche Macaroni…
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My Guest Writer Spot gives writers the opportunity for their work to be seen and read by others. I’m happy to accept stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. All you have to do is make sure your prose is no longer than 2000 words and your poems no more than 40 lines.…
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This week’s challenge is to write a twenty-word story using as many words from the list given as you can, or you can write a story/poem from the second list: Option one: Choose your words from the following list and write a twenty-word story: Bubbles Aquiver Mellifluous Champagne Christmas Serendipity Nefarious Dave Aroma Supine Elephant…
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Some of the markets I highlight have very short deadlines. My market for you today gives you plenty of time to craft your story. The Christopher Fielden Annual Short Story Competition “To Hull & Back” is now accepting entries, but you have until 31st July 2016 to send your entry. It’s a humorous writing competition…
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My Friday blog post offers writers the opportunity for their work to be seen and read by others. I’m happy to accept stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. All you have to do is make sure your prose is no longer than 2000 words and your poems no more than 40 lines.…
Esther Chilton 