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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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Finishing Touches by Sophie Duffy
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Finishing Touches by Sophie Duffy

ByLinda Parkinson-Hardman 4, August 201626, March 2021

So you’ve written your piece to enter the Hysteria Writing Competition 2016? If you haven’t, you’ve still got three weeks in which to do this. You still have time to start and complete a piece, if you crack on with it. If you’ve already finished your poem, flash, or story, then it won’t do any…

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What are your intentions? by Sophie Duffy
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What are your intentions? by Sophie Duffy

ByLinda Parkinson-Hardman 18, July 201626, March 2021

Whatever you are writing for this competition, make sure your piece has honourable intentions. By this I mean, make sure your entry has a point, a story, something to say. A competent use of grammar, a way with words, a quirky style is a good start, but it isn’t enough. You need to leave the…

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Landscape in writing: Where Are We? by Sophie Duffy
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Landscape in writing: Where Are We? by Sophie Duffy

ByLinda Parkinson-Hardman 29, June 201626, March 2021

One of the most important questions you need to ask yourself when writing fiction, whether prose or poetry, is ‘Where are We?’ The reader needs to know where they are in time and place in order to navigate through the narrative, in whatever form that takes.

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That elusive thing: subtext, Sophie Duffy
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That elusive thing: subtext, Sophie Duffy

ByLinda Parkinson-Hardman 23, May 201626, March 2021

For this blog I want to talk about that elusive thing: subtext. Subtext is the magic ingredient that can add layers and depth to any piece of writing. It can make your story, flash, or poem rise like a fluffy fairy cake. Without it, your story, flash, or poem, might just remain flat, with or…

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Top 7 tips for entering writing competitions
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Top 7 tips for entering writing competitions

ByLinda Parkinson-Hardman 12, May 201626, March 2021

I was thrilled when Linda asked if I’d like to be writer in residence for the Hysteria Writing Competition 2016. Hysteria is now an established part of the literary calendar and I am proud to be associated with it and to start I thought I’d tell you my top 7 tips for entering writing competitions.

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Meet our Writer in Residence 2016, Sophie Duffy
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Meet our Writer in Residence 2016, Sophie Duffy

ByLinda Parkinson-Hardman 11, April 201626, March 2021

Here at the Hysteria Writing Competition we like to try and promote all the lovely ladies who help us out. One of the ways we do this is with a special interview. In previous years, the interview questions we used focused more on writing, however this year I realised that really, they needed to have…

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Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

These two quotes guide my work..

Give a man a fish, and you have fed him once. Teach him how to fish and you have fed him for a lifetime.

Proverb
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