writing
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This week I’m going to give you two choices: Option A: I’ll give you a story opening and the challenge is to continue the story from that point. Option B: For this choice, I have a story ending for you and your challenge is to write story up to the ending. Here is your opening…
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This week’s market has been provided by the wonderful Sacha Black Writers Helping Writers hold a monthly competition for the opening first page of a novel. Writers have a specific time frame in which to send their e-mail address, genre of story and the intended audience. Three names are drawn at random. The ‘winners’…
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My weekly tips slot is having a mini holiday this week, so I’ll leave you with this piece of useful advice: Have a great weekend 🙂
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The winners of my Flash Fiction Competition will be announced very soon! Watch this space…
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Here’s my latest compilation of tips: Top Tips… On how to avoid a short story no-no Writing short stories seems more competitive than ever, with fewer and fewer markets accepting them. But writers often unwittingly lessen their chances of acceptance through some common errors. Here are 10 to avoid: 1. Don’t open your short story…
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To kick start your writing week, why not have a go at this week’s writing challenge? It’s for a teeny tiny flash fiction story of only ten words (so no excuses for not having time to have a go!). Your story must feature five words from the following list. So that’s five words from the…
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Many of you found last week’s compilation of tips useful, so here’s more of the same: Top Tips… For Writing Humour In the current economic climate there isn’t much to cheer us, so a humorous article or funny story comes as a welcome break. But writing humour isn’t as easy as you might think. Here…
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This week’s Monday motivation has an eerie feel to it. Who is the person with the torch? Who, or what is he/she looking for? Let you imagination go and see where it takes you: *** Last week, I gave you the image of an underwater scene. Adhin Shamina felt inspired and sent in the following…
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This week’s writing challenge has a summer theme to it. I’d like you to write a story or poem on one of the following themes: Holidays Adventure Freedom Memories Fun You can choose to interpret the theme in any way you wish. Last week my writing challenge was for a story in up to fifteen…
Esther Chilton 