Challenges
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Your prompt word is FIRE I gave this week’s prompt word to a writing group on Monday and it brought out some fantastic work. It’s a word that’s current, with the intense heat causing lots of awful fires around the world. But it’s a word that can have a positive meaning – think about cosying…
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Thank you for your patience while I was away at the writing summer school. I hope you’ve had a great week. My challenges are back, but please bear with me while I catch up. Your word this week is EYES The previous word was SHEET. Here are your limericks: Nicola Daly: Remember the witch from Carlisle?Her…
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As with the other challenges this week, you have two weeks until the next one, so plenty of time to work on your stories. So, can you tell a story in 75 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 51 words using the following five…
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For this week’s prompt word, you have two weeks as I’m away teaching at Swanwick Writers’ Summer School. Your new prompt word is TEST I’ve never liked tests – especially those we had at school. I remember written tests in all sorts of subjects and oral tests for German and French. And, of course, there…
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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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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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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…
Esther Chilton 