Challenges
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Good morning or afternoon, depending where you are. I hope you had a good weekend. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is SPROUT Last week’s prompt was HISS. There were some entertaining limericks: Graeme Sandford: A snake in the grass liked to hiss, from Thurso right down to Liss; wherever he went, from Sutherland to…
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Thursday has come around again. Here is your new story challenge: can you tell a story in 56 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 46 words using the following four words in it somewhere: Here are your excellent stories: Lou by the Sea: Drama…
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Your prompt word this week is DANCE I’ve never been much good at dancing – it doesn’t help if you have balance issues and two left feet! But I admire those who can dance – on the ground, on ice or in the air! And it doesn’t have to be humans doing the dancing –…
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I hope this Monday finds you well. Here’s a fresh limerick challenge for you. Your word is HISS Last week’s prompt was CAST. There were some great limericks: Susan Batten: When Pete knew that his problem was cast, his obsession with fishing just passed. He’d tied knots in the reeds and lost weights in the weeds,…
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Here is your new challenge this fine Thursday: can you tell a story in 46 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 59 words using the following six words in it somewhere: Here are your amazing stories: Graeme Sandford: When Esther set her new writing…
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Your prompt word this week is TASTE Taste is one of the most underused senses in writing and yet it can be so powerful. I love the taste of warm, sugary doughnuts, creamy, melting chocolate and the tangy sharpness of grapefruit (not all at the same time!). But taste isn’t all about what we eat.…
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Happy Monday to everyone. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is CAST Last week’s prompt was DIM. I really enjoyed the different ways you looked at this prompt: John W. Howell: There once was a fellow named Jim, Who was the icon for proper and prim. One day he left home, Without his black comb.…
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It’s story time. Here is your new challenge: can you tell a story in 59 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 34 words using the following three words in it somewhere: Here are your creative stories: Darlene: The wind and snow raged outside her…
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Your prompt word this week is MEMORIES What comes to mind when you think of memories? Happy memories? Sad memories? Something poignant? About people? Places? Animals? You don’t have to share your own memories – you can create some for a character. It’s up to you. Fact or fiction, prose or poetry, I would love…
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It’s a fresh week – let’s hope it’s a good one. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is DIM Last week’s prompt was APPLE. You came up with some amusing and also poignant limericks: Nicola Daly: There once was a boy called stealthy Si Used to steal everyone’s apple pie ‘I know it’s wrong, So…
Esther Chilton 