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This week’s writing prompt is: LETTERS AND DIARIES Do you keep a diary? Or perhaps you used to when you were a teenager. You could create a character who has a big secret and only shares it with their diary. Did you used to write letters to a pen pal? Or a family member who…
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I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s a new limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: LUNCH Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SLEEP in it somewhere. You came up with some very amusing limericks: Keith Channing: Sleep never comes, try as I might. Long day…
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It’s Friday and so it’s time to welcome my guest writer. This week it’s the wonderful Kim Smyth. If you’d like to be a guest on my blog, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then…
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I hope you’ve had a good week – and it’s nearly the weekend! Make it a good one. Your new word this week is: WHISPER So can you tell a story in five words using the word WHISPER in it somewhere? Your word last week was LIBRARY. Here are your LIBRARY stories: Fenlandphil: Book in…
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I’m delighted to welcome writer Sharon Harvey back again. Here, she shares her writing journey with us: My writing journey began at a very early age when I could pick up a pen. I first started writing down my experiences of being bullied while at school, and then my late mum, the encourager of my…
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Those who follow my Markets For Writers weekly blog post will know that I regularly feature Writing Magazine competitions. They have several currently inviting entries, but it’s also worth taking a look at their website. They’re offering writers all sorts of support in these current times, including current writing news, expert advice, coffee-break writing exercises…
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Like a good secret? Well, why not enter The Writers’ Cafe Magazine’s short story and poetry competition? If you’re interested, send your stories (up to 1000 words) and poetry (up to 5 poems per submission) on the theme, “Secrets”, with a 3 line first-person bio to: marielouisebrooks@hotmail.co.uk by June 7th. No mention of entry fees…
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Want to pay tribute to heroes and help raise money for the NHS through your writing? You can with Writing Magazine’s latest competition. Here’s more: ‘We’re asking you to write up to 500 words, fiction or non-fiction, or a poem, on the theme ‘hero’. Whether you choose to directly pay homage to our current heroes…
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