Challenges
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Your prompt word this week is GAMES This week’s prompt came to me after hearing the song ‘Wicked Games’ by Chris Isaak. Sadly people do play nasty games on others. But there are lots of other, happier games, such as sports games. What about board games? I used to love Monopoly and Cluedo. Then there
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Good afternoon, everyone. I hope your weekend was enjoyable whatever you did. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your new word is NIGHT Last week’s prompt was CRIME. You came up with some really funny limericks, as well as some sobering ones: Nicola Daly: I arrived home in the nick of time To see hubby committing a
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. This week’s guest is Rohitash Yadav, who appears on my
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I hope you’re having a great week. It’s now time for your new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 52 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 38 words using the following four words in it somewhere: Here are your very clever stories:
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Your writing prompt this week is SHAPES There are lots of ways of interpreting this week’s prompt. You might think about circles, stars, squares or triangles. Or perhaps moulding something into something else. Our clothes and figures can lose shape. With some work, we can get into shape. You might see a dark shape in
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Happy Monday! I hope you’re all ready for your new limerick challenge. Your new word is CRIME Last week’s prompt was FARM. You came up with some brilliant limericks: Cathy Cade: There’s been mutiny down on the farm, and the cattle are calling for calm. Since the cats went on strike the rat presence has spiked
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I hope your week has been a good one. Here’s a new story challenge for you. Can you tell a story in 38 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 63 words using the following six words in it somewhere: Here are your very witty
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Your writing prompt this week is RED I thought I’d add a splash of colour to your week. What comes to mind when you think of the word ‘red’? Seeing red? A dozen red roses? Blood? Red wine? Going red and feeling embarrassed? Red hair? I’d love to know what this week’s prompt word means
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I hope you all had a good weekend. It was a cold one here in the UK, with some sleet and snow. Though the temperatures are now on the rise. Hope it’s warm with you. Here’s your new limerick challenge: FARM Last week’s prompt was CURL. You came up with some excellent limericks: Cathy Cade: I’ve
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So, was this week your first week back to routine? I hope it’s gone well if so. Here’s your new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 63 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 40 words using the following four words in it
Esther Chilton 