Tag: 500 words
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Author Ali Sparkes to judge this year’s Writing Wizardry Competition
Fresher Publishing is delighted to announce that Ali Sparkes will be ‘head’ Judge of the Writing Wizardry Competition 2021. Ali Sparkes is a well-loved children’s author, who has written over 40 books, including The Shapeshifter series, her Blue Peter Award-winning novel Frozen in Time, and the Monster Makers series. She has been awarded numerous prizes…
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Fresher Writing Prize Shortlist
The standard (and number!) of entries has been incredibly high this year, so it has been quite a challenge to come up with a shortlist. Debate among the judging panel has been intense, as I’m sure you can imagine, but we’re finally agreed and here it is! Congratulations if your name is included below and,…
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Vote for your favourite Fresher Writing 2016 front cover
We have some fantastic choices of front cover design for this year’s book. But we want you to vote for your favourite. Click on the link below and see which design floats your vote! You have until midnight Wednesday 16th March. Winner announced this Thursday. http://rmunday.polldaddy.com/s/fresher-book-covers
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Build a world
When you write your story, you don’t just write about what happens to the characters. You also make up a whole new world. It could be a land that’s made up of sweets or chocolate, or maybe a world where cars fly and people teleport. Here are a few questions to help you create your…
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Can’t find the right words?
We all find it very hard to say what is on our minds with the right words. When it comes to writing, it can be even harder. But there is no obstacle we can’t conquer. There are ways to overcome speechless thoughts, and we have a few tips for you here: Use a thesaurus. You…
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The Writing Witches are flying around
Last week saw the Writing Witches visit Wool C of E Primary school and everyone had a spellbinding time. Working with the pupils to develop their ideas and build their self esteem, the witches set the children on their way to producing fantastic entries for the Writing Wizardry Competition and who knows, maybe a future…