poetry
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Only a few days to go so I’m sure you’re like me – looking forward to the time off but a mountain to climb before you get there! My market to add to the ‘Markets For Freelancers’ page is Chapman, a literary magazine, which is held in high regard: For ‘Chapman’, it’s all about the…
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A gentle ease-in – or not?! I’m sure most of you will know just what I mean by it taking a week after a holiday to get back into work mode. Though, work often has other ideas! ‘The Writers Bureau’ is always busy so I have a lot of catching up to do there so…
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For those of you living in the UK, you’ll be lucky if you escaped a good soaking this week. The heatwave of the summer seems a little distant but perhaps my writing exercise will help you to find that ray of sunshine: You have two themes to pick from: Holiday Heaven Holiday Hell You can…
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My tip this week applies to all aspiring writers and that’s to never give up. It can be very disheartening to receive rejection letter after rejection letter or not to hear back at all – I know, I’ve been there. But I kept going, researching markets, reading others’ work, building on my punctuation and grammar…
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Last week I gave you five items to give you inspiration and to fit into a short story. So it’s only fair that I give you five items to fit into a poem: Pop Pink Ladder Glow Crown Have fun! Here’s what I came up with: Tights Tights. Now there’s a word, Which is…
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The words ‘there just aren’t enough hours in the day’ are certainly on the tip of my lips this week but that seems to be the pace of life these days. Though, I have a job I love and a great family so I really shouldn’t moan. For the writers amongst you, how is all…
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My tip for this week builds on my blog from yesterday and concerns poetry: Every word and every line should be important to the poem as a whole. If your poem feels right after 20 lines, stop there. Don’t try and make it into a longer poem; you’ll be forcing it and it’ll ruin the…
Esther Chilton 