Esther Chilton

  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: SEASONS Which is your favourite season? Mine is autumn. I love the glorious golds, oranges and reds as the leaves turn. There’s also a crisp freshness to the air and the crackle of the log burner once inside. The differing seasons can make a great theme for a poem, or…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    This church sign made me smile. So inventive.

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  • Happy Monday! Your weekly limerick challenge is here to kick-start your week. My apologies if I don’t comment on your limericks for a few days – I’m having surgery today so I may be out of action for a short while. I’ll comment when I can and I’ve scheduled a few posts for the forthcoming…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    I’ve featured some amazing stories, poems and non-fiction pieces in this slot over the past few weeks. Thank you to everyone who appeared here. You’re all very talented writers. I’m now looking for more! It doesn’t matter if you’re a seasoned writer or completely new – I would love to have you as a guest…

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  • Hi there! It’s time for a new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 39 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 28 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your entertaining stories: Christine Mallaband-Brown: The snail slime…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: WORK My first job was working in Halfords, a British car parts retailer. I’ll never forget the enormous overalls I had to wear. I left Halford’s after a few months for McDonald’s, which offered much better pay – and free food! But I hated the job and lasted three weeks.…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Wise words…

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  • Well, it’s Monday again. Doesn’t the weekend fly by?! Anyway, it’s time for a new limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: THUMB Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word WINK in it somewhere. You came up with some really funny limericks: Trent’s World: Old Jim was a social…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    It’s nearly the weekend and so it’s time for my guest writer slot. Many of you will know my guest this week – it’s the wonderful Robbie Cheadle. She has a new collection of short stories out. One of them is called The Warning. Here, Robbie tells us about her visit to the special place that…

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  • Hello all. It’s time for a new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 28 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 16 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your entertaining stories: Animal Behaviour Clinics: “I’m practising…

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