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It’s five-word challenge time again! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Sulk in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Jump. You sent in some interesting and entertaining stories. Here they are: Trents World: Almost here! Time to jump…. Chelsea Owens: Jump…
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Here’s part five in my writing dialogue series. If you missed part one, click here. For part two, click here. For part three, you’ll find it here and for part four, here. Now for part five: If you’re using lots of dialogue, add in some action. What are the characters doing as they’re saying their…
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It’s five-word challenge time again! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Jump in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Teeth. You sent in some great stories. Here they are: Chelsea Owens: The fairy took EVERYONE’S teeth. Sanandi-jacq: X-rayed teeth. Mined mini…
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It’s that time of the week – five-word challenge time again! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Teeth in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Nightmare. You sent in some great stories. Here they are: Chelsea Owens: Not all nightmares involve…
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Here’s part three in my writing dialogue series. If you missed part one, click here. For part two, click here. Tip three: You want your dialogue to sound realistic, but if you listen to people talking, every day speech is full of ‘um’s, ‘ah’s, ‘er’s, ‘you know’s etc. Don’t add these to your dialogue. The…
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It’s that time of the week – five-word challenge time again! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Nightmare in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Scandal. You sent in some great stories. Here they are: Sanandi-jacq: Composted sandal scandal goes viral.…
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It isn’t easy to write convincing dialogue and it’s something many writers struggle with. Even if you get the words right, there seem to be so many rules and regulations concerning how it should be set out, the punctuation etc. Over the following few weeks, I’ll be giving you some tips on how to build…
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For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word biscuit in it somewhere? I previously set you the challenge of writing a five-word story where one of the five words had to be phone. Here are your fabulous stories: Ritu: A phone ruined my life… Mobile phone – friend…
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You still have time to get your story in – can you tell a story in five words, with the word ‘phone‘ in it somewhere? I’m looking forward to reading all your witty and entertaining stories.
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You’re all clearly enjoying writing bite-size stories of just a few words. I threw in a prompt last week. So here’s another: can you tell a story in five words, with the word old in there somewhere. Here are your amazing stories from last week. Your prompt was the word red: Hugh Roberts: Red roses?…
