The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: Esther newton’s writing challenge
Silence #shortstory #mondaymotivations
Esther Newton’s latest prompt asks for a story around silence Silence; a much misunderstood sound Martin Thomas, the nursing home manager smiled at Greg, as he pulled the curtains back, letting in the sunshine. ‘Your father’s settled in well. He’s … Continue reading
An Absence of Fireworks #microfiction #shortstory
In life, he was a fizzing firework of a man, exploding with anger and good humour in the same moment, showering sparkles and emitting sparks in equal measure. That isn’t the man in front of me, a reedy desiccated version … Continue reading
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Tagged Esther newton's writing challenge, flash fiction, short
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Facing the Future #prompt #Mondaymotivations
Esther Newton has given us a prompt for a flash fiction piece. Write a flash fiction piece of between 50-250 words with the following line in it somewhere: He didn’t want to turn around; he knew just what he’d see … Continue reading
Posted in flash fiction, prompt, short story
Tagged Esther newton's writing challenge, flash fiction, monday motivations, short story
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How I Wrote My Nanthology
Esther Newton, at her eponymous blog has kindly posted an article I wrote for her on how I came to spend November writing my Nanthology. Please have a look at Esther’s blog here; she’s a great inspiration to and supporter … Continue reading
Nanthology – The Final Journey
Nanowrimo is a compelling challenge to write 50,000 words during November: that’s an average of 1667 words per day. My plan is to write a set of 30 short stories each 1667 words long instead. Each story comes from a prompt, a lot from fellow … Continue reading
Posted in nanowrimo, nanthology
Tagged drama, Esther newton's writing challenge, family, history, NaNoWriMo, nanthology, war
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A Life Spared
Esther Newton throws out a variety of writing challenges here. Her blog is full of great stuff, tips as well as competitions you may want to enter. This week’s writing challenge was to include these words in a piece of poetry … Continue reading
Posted in poems, poetry, sonnets
Tagged Esther newton's writing challenge, poem, poetry, Sonnet
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