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Punctuation really does matter… Image credit: Pinterest
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Here’s a new limerick challenge for you. You have two weeks for this one as I’ll be away teaching at Swanwick Writing Summer School next week. Your word this week is SHEET Last week’s word was PUZZLE. Here are your limericks: Ruth Blogs Here: Words and Numbers Love to puzzle – word-searches I craveSimple crosswords sometimes…
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First of all I’d like to apologise to those of you whose blogs I haven’t managed to read or comment on over the past few weeks. I also have a stack of book reviews I need to post. My excuse is that, as of today, I have a new role that’s taken a lot of…
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Here’s your new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 51 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 77 words using the following eight words in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious stories: Nicola Daly: The lycra-clad coyote carefully read his sports therapist’s instructions…
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Your prompt word this week is FIGURE This week’s word has so many possibilities – we talk about pear-shaped figures and apple-shaped figures, for example. We figure things out – or try to. A figure can be a symbol or a number. There are central figures and key figures in relation to important people. What…
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I see the cat’s been critiquing my work again… Image credit: Esther Chilton
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Here’s a new limerick challenge for you. Your word this week is PUZZLE Last week’s word was LAND. Here are your limericks: Nicola Daly: So excited about playing in a bandI thought I’d help the pilot to landOnly it backfired you seeNow we’re bobbing in the sea –We were meant to land, over there, on the…
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Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 77 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 44 words using the following four words in it somewhere: Here are your delightful stories: Nicola Daly: The bear poured himself some wine with…
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Your prompt word this week is LABEL My mind settled on this week’s prompt word when I was cutting out an uncomfortable label from a top. It kept digging in. The labels seem to be getting longer as there’s more information companies are required to add. But there are all sorts of labels – we…
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I wouldn’t recommend the first one… Image credit: Pinterest