short stories
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I’ve a few interesting projects on the go at the moment and at the start of the week they weren’t going well, but fingers crossed, things seem to be coming together. My market of the week for you is ‘Writers’ Forum’: You can find a copy of this monthly publication in selected newsagents, but if…
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In my blog, I’ve mentioned the importance of checking your work through for mistakes. It’s so easy to miss a full stop off the end of a sentence, misspell a word, place speech marks in the wrong place, leave a word out or add one in where there shouldn’t be one and so on. Some…
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My ‘Writers Bureau’ in-box is full this week, with many students looking to send in assignments before the Christmas break. After all, it’s December Sunday so not long to go! I’m also doing the same as my students and submitting articles and short stories before the end of year deadlines so all in all, a…
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Naughty Numbers! Last week, it was page numbers and this week, it’s numbers in the body of your work. Are you sometimes unsure whether you should write numbers in word or figures e.g. ‘8’ or ‘eight’? Generally the numbers one to ten are written in words and those that come after are written in figures.…
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Last week I started you off with a short story beginning. I hope you found it useful in sowing the seeds of a story in your mind and allowing you to develop it further for yourself. Now here’s an ending (again, as with the ‘blistering’ of last week, ‘electrifying’ is rather an exaggeration but, as…
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Sometimes it can be difficult to start a short story off. Perhaps the title won’t come, or the opening line just doesn’t flow. Or maybe that’s all going smoothly but you’re stuck after coming up with an eye-catching title and enticing opening. Here’s a beginning to help you (ok, it’s not exactly blistering but the…
Esther Chilton 