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#PleaseRetweet by emilybenet
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Social media whizz kid, May Sparks has landed her dream job. Well, not quite, but the salary is great and all May has to do is handle the online profiles of Z – list celebrities who have the tendency to say inappropriate things. Easy, right? #wrong May’s clients include an ex big brother star (who she's definitely not going to sleep with #neversaynever), a disgraced TV presenter (who wants May to sort out his marriage as well as his Twitter account), and a woman who once flashed her boobs on X-factor. They're all relying on her to turn them into stars. But they're not going to make her job easy. As May is sucked further and further into her job she begins to lose her grip on real life. Her friends don’t ‘like’ her Facebook posts anymore and even her gorgeous neighbour, who once seemed to be on the same wavelength, criticises her career choice. Worse, May’s clients start getting trolled by an annoying tweep, who May happens to agree with. Then May’s secret online identity is leaked, causing her to start trending on Twitter. It looks like the status update is over. Unless May can leave the superficial social media word behind and find her own voice again…
Spray Painted Bananas by emilybenet
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Spray Painted Bananas is a romantic comedy about Amber, a broke temp working in a catering firm in London, who after one too many evenings scrounging free wine from wacky art gallery openings with her best friend Farrell, decides there’s no reason she can’t become a conceptual artist herself. A chance meeting with the wealthy, young art curator, Elliott Frinton-Smith, sets things off in a desirable direction. Now all Amber needs is a brilliant idea to grab the attention of the nation. Spray Painted Bananas explores love and ambition with the touch of the absurd and plenty of bananas. It is OUT NOW published under the title THE TEMP by Harper Collins.
WRITING TIPS to Hook your Reader and Keep them Hooked. by Claire-Merle
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Insider tips and techniques from a traditionally published author on hooking your reader and not letting them go. These tips are aimed to inspire you so that you’re coming up with ideas that help to focus your story, improve your writing, and deepen your understanding of what makes a story work.
Writing 101: How to Improve your Writing by oceansalt_
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We are all not perfect, we commit mistakes, we recognize them but we do them again. These "story" is for those who seek critique and want tips on how they want to improve their story better. I am not a proffesional editor and critic but I was once the Editor-in-Chief of our School Newspaper and I hope to be an EIC again when I'm a Senior.
For The Forgetful- The Complete Writer's Guide by FiskLiterary
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If you're struggling with punctuation, dialogue, spelling or grammar, have a read of this simple guide to the components of writing, copyright, and publishing. [UNEDITED VERSION- Full, edited version to be released soon!]
2 Questions Every Girl is Asking Herself by michellezdong
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Every girl is wondering about two things: 1. What do I want to do with my life? 2. What kind of person do I want to marry? So I traveled around the world looking for answers. Five men, three continents, one prophecy... And an appearance on Chinese reality TV. I thought fairy tales only existed in leather-bound books... Until the phone rang... This is a true story.