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I'm considering signing up for one of the WM courses (specifically Polish your Writing Style) - and would love to hear what anyone who has done this, or any of the other WM courses, thinks of them
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How about writing a list of ten things that happened in your life last week? Pick one then write 500 words about it.
Pick another and create a short story around it.
There you are. Get to it.
Hmmmmm. What about these ideas then?
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Patsy Collins (Phots Moll on Talkback) lists oodles of free entry writing competitions. You can find links to her blogs/the comps on the blog updates thread. Try entering just one to start you off.
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You may be interested to know about a free entry competition
currently inviting entries which is a pet/animal themed competition with Malcolm Welshman as judge.
The brief is to write a story between 500-600 words
based on either a pet or wild animal as long it's
an integral part of the tale. The view-point is not to be from that animal.
One winner will receive a signed copy of Malcolm's paperback Pets Aplenty, and publication on Erewash Writers website. The winner and those shortlisted will be entered into a December draw where there is a free entry to EWG's 2018 Open Short Story Competition up for grabs.
http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2017-pets-aplenty-competition-with-malcolm-welshman.html
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You can also find other comps listed on prizemagic.co.uk
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Hah. If you can't find any ideas out of that lot, well, I dunno!
Have fun.