writing
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My market for you this week is once again courtesy of the ever helpful Sacha Black who found this rather unusual competition. The Becoming Writer Writing Contest is inviting stories of 1000 words and will publish all, yes all, stories entered and offer feedback. Sound too good to be true? Take a look at the…
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Here’s a Monday Motivation Challenge Special: can you write a short story, where the first sentence starts with A, the next B and so on, right throuigh to Z? It’ll certainly blow the weekend cobwebs away! Here’s mine for you: Another wet day dawns to blight our much needed holiday. Black clouds hang heavily in…
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Feel the Fear and do it Anyway! Some of you have read my ‘About Me’ page and been intrigued how an accident changed the course of my life and brought me to writing. So here’s an insight for you: I was 24-years-old at the time and working in a bank. And I hated it. I…
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As a freelance writer, I’ve had the fortune to write for all sorts of publications and to undertake all sorts of writing jobs from copywriting, to short stories, to humorous articles, to readers’ letters, to books. I learnt my craft many years ago through The Writers Bureau and once I’d become an established writer, I…
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Stop! Take A Moment It’s so easy to get caught up in the mundane minutiae of everyday and to forget to simply be. Life is so short. We need to live it. To enjoy it. Make a list of the things that you like, things that make you feel alive, whether it’s the smell of…
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The thrill of being published never fades as evidenced when I opened the ‘The Guardian’ this weekend to see another short filler piece I’d written. I was even more excited when I saw they’d kept it in word for word – even the typo I shamefully have to admit to. Read on and I’m sure…
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Last week I published Geoff Le Pard‘s stunning piece of writing, inspired by the following picture prompt: Maria Matthews contacted me to say she also had a piece of writing rattling round in her head on seeing the picture. Thankfully it managed to get out and I can now share Maria’s magical piece with you.…
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Don’t lose heart So, you’ve slaved over a competition entry and you’re satisfied it’s your very best work. You enter it into the competition and nervously await the results – only to find out you’re not amongst the winners. Perhaps you’re not even on the longlist let alone the shortlist. How do you feel? Disheartened? …
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After Geoff Le Pard‘s wonderful prose from my picture promt (https://esthernewtonblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/monday-motivationsprepare-to-be-inspired/), I thought I’d set you a visual challenge this week. If the following image inspires a poem, story or a non-fiction piece, I’d love to see it: Here are last week’s brilliant rhyming poems: Keith Channing says he doesn’t usually write poetry, but on…
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Last week, I gave you a picture prompt: Often this gets the creative juices going and it certainly did for Geoff Le Pard. He sent in this simply stunning piece of writing, which I just had to share. Sit back, read and be inspired: Two Become One They stopped the chair to let him look…
Esther Chilton 