writing
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Here is the twelfth instalment in my weekly writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story and/or poem, an idea for an article…Here are the first , second , third , fourth , fifth , sixth , seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth…
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This week’s challenge is to read the following opening paragraph to a story and then to continue with the rest of the story. I’m intrigued to see where it takes you and how you’ll build on the characters: Six o’ clock in the morning. Another day Muriel would rather be dead. She opened her eyes…
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Here is the elevnth instalment in my weekly writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story and/or poem, an idea for an article…Here are the first , second , third , fourth , fifth , sixth , seventh, eighth, ninth and…
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This week’s Guest Writer is Ken Taylor, who took up writing when he retired from work. As you’ll see he has a talent for taking the reader right to the scene. Enjoy. Here’s a little bit about him in his own words: “My name is Ken Taylor. Having retired from business, I am now living…
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Calling all bloggers! Four years ago, the first Bloggers Bash meeting was held in London. And what a great event it was. This year, it’s taking place on May 19th and to celebrate its fourth year, there’s a special writing competition. Here are some details for you: Theme: Royalty Word count: up to 300 words…
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It’s time for the tenth instalment in my weekly writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story and/or poem, an idea for an article…Here are the first , second , third , fourth , fifth , sixth , seventh, eighth and…
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After a big break from my challenges, they’ve slowly started to creep in again.This week I challenge you to write a limerick. Here’s a silly one from me: There was a pop star called Gail, Who received lots of fan mail, One day she was sent a snake Wrapped up in a slice of…
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Here is part two of my new weekly series where I set you a writing challenge. Here’s last week’s challenge if you missed it. This week, your challenge is to write about ‘socks’. Well, I didn’t say your challenge would be easy! Here’s my effort: Socks I just can’t seem to get it right, Look…
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It’s always good to write something for fun. It often serves as just the writing break you need, getting the mind going and focused again. I saw a newspaper article about a school reunion and this rhyme came to mind: Finding God My old school recently held a special bash, Class of ’83…
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Welcome to the sixth instalment in my latest writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story, the opening line of a poem…Here are the first , second , third , fourth and fifth in the series. This week, it’s the…
Esther Chilton 