Challenges

  • Writing Prompts

    Your word prompt this week is WINDOW I love looking out the window on a snowy day and watching the flakes swirl down. Or when Jack Frost has created pretty patterns on the window pane. But as well as looking from the inside out, you can look from the outside in. What do you see…

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  • Happy Monday! I hope this week is both happy and productive. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you – your word is: JUST Last week’s prompt was ROCK. You came up with some clever limericks: Squirreljan: There once was an old man called Rock Who had an intensely loud clock When striking the hour It turned…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    I hope you’re having a good week. Here’s a new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 46 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 70 words using the following three words in it somewhere: Here are your funny stories: Anne is Writing: Sitting…

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your word prompt this week is KIND The first thought that comes to my mind for this word is being kind. If you look around at the world today, there’s not enough kindness; it can seems as if it’s been forgotten. As with many words, kind does have other meanings: a group which has similar…

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  • Here’s a new limerick challenge for you at the start of this new week. Your word is: ROCK Last week’s prompt was TOUCH. You came up with some clever limericks: Nicola Daly: There once was a camel called Clive Thought it was high time he learned to sky dive Flying high in the plane In a…

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  • Hi there. I hope you’re having a good week. Here’s a new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 70 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 28 words using the following three words in it somewhere: Here are your super stories: Sarah W:…

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your word prompt this week is SMALL When I think about the word small, I can think about it negatively – small-minded people or people making you feel small. But I prefer to associate it with wonderful, positive connotations, such as taking pleasure in the small things or achieving small victories. What does it mean…

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  • Happy Monday. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you. Your word is: TOUCH Last week’s prompt was CELLS. You came up with some entertaining limericks: Nicola Daly: There’s this mad professor who makes smells Found himself locked up in the police cells ‘please leave the window ajar!’ He yelled through the bars ‘The stink in here…

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  • Welcome to your new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 28 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 41 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your highly amusing stories: Christopher Farley: Gibraltar. Can’t stand the place. An English Spain?…

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your writing prompt this week is VOICE For those of you who are writers, you often hear the word voice in connection with finding your writer’s voice and carrying it through your work. But it can mean many things – giving voice to your thoughts, for example. Or what about a singing voice? You could…

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