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THERE’S A STORM COMING

I’ve always had a passion for short stories, ever since I was a young girl, writes subscriber Esther Chilton.

I can remember writing an adventure series when I was in my first year in secondary school. There weren’t any rules – we just had to use our imagination. I absolutely loved it but then of course, as I went through my school years, the rules played more and more of an important part and the imagination less and less.

So I forgot about short story writing for years. It was when I had an accident and couldn’t carry out my day job that I started a course with The Writers Bureau, which led me to writing short stories again. It was as if something had been unlocked inside me and I relished rediscovering my love

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