Esther Chilton
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This week’s writing prompt is: THE FUTURE I remember watching the film Back to the Future, with its visions of the future including hoverboards and much more. What do you think our future will be like? Will we all live on another planet while Earth becomes extinct, or do you see hope for us? You…
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Well, I should think so! Fancy having the audacity to be open…
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Happy Monday. Here is a new limerick challenge. Your word this week is: TEAM Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word STYLE in it somewhere. You came up with some really funny limericks: Squirreljan: There once was a woman whose style Hid a toxic persona so vile That it didn’t come to…
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This week’s guest writer is a former student of mine. It’s lovely to read her work again. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Belinda Davidson. Here’s a little bit about her: My name is Belinda Davidson. I’m an English teacher living in France away from my family. I completed a writing course a long…
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It’s Thursday and story time. Here’s the latest story challenge: Can you tell a story in 21 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 50 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious stories: The Bag Lady: “Wow,…
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This week’s writing prompt is: FILMS What’s your favourite film? Perhaps it’s something modern, or is it an iconic movie that’s stood the test of time? My earliest memory of going to see a film is when my mother took me to see Bambi. She soon wished she hadn’t as I cried through most of…
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Well, I was about to tuck in…
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Happy new week. Here is a new limerick challenge. Your word this week is: STYLE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word OLDER in it somewhere. You came up with some entertaining limericks: Keith Channing: One day I may be a stakeholder. Landowner, lessee or smallholder. Don’t mind that I’m poor, Even…
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It’s Friday and that must mean a new guest for my guest writer slot. This week I’m welcoming back Jean Harris. She first appeared in this slot a few weeks ago with her super piece, A Safe Place. She’s back with another piece of writing to make you smile: Green Fingers By Jean Harris Summer’s here…
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It’s Thursday and story time. Here’s the latest story challenge: Can you tell a story in 50 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 23 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your entertaining stories: Christine Mallaband-Brown: The hero…