Challenges

  • Happy Monday. Here’s your weekly limerick challenge. Your word is: SNEEZE Last week’s prompt was FELL. You came up with some clever limericks: Nicola Daly: Just got back from a run on Scafell* And I’m needing that scented foot gel To have sweet smelling feet Will be rather a treat At the moment they stink to…

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  • It’s time for a new story challenge. Here are your words… Can you tell a story in 44 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 24 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your fabulous stories: Nicola Daly: ‘Friends! Romans! Countrymen!’ he…

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your writing prompt this week is BIRDS This week’s prompt came to mind as I’m off to the Global Birdfair at Rutland (UK) on Friday as part of the Society of Environmental Writers and Journalists. We’re going to be interviewing and filming some of those involved who are passionate about all manner of birds the…

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  • Happy new week. I hope you had a nice break over the weekend. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is: FELL Last week’s prompt was BLOCK. You came up with some really great limericks: Nicola Daly: He thought he was making it rock When he did the dad dance on TikTok Adoring the fame And…

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  • It’s that time of the week again, and I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for the weekend. Before then, here is another story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 24 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 60 words using…

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your writing prompt this week is CHOICES In life we often have to make difficult choices. We might be forced to help one person over another, or to leave a job, have an operation, move away, go to college, buy a new car, change doctors, etc. Sometimes it’s not life changing and is a more…

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  • Happy Monday, everyone. Let’s have a productive week. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is: BLOCK Last week’s prompt was HACK. You came up with some funny limericks: The Limerick Guy: Pets love us unconditionally. Mine have been best friends to me. They don’t know I’m a hack And they never talk back… They’ve all…

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  • I hope your week is going well. Almost at the weekend. Here is another story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 60 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here is Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 30 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is SIGN My chosen word this week popped into my head, literally as if it was a sign! I then started to think about other meanings to the word: road signs, a gesture, to sign something with your signature, to sign up to something, sign language and much more. What does…

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  • Here’s the start of another hot week and a new limerick challenge. Your word is: HACK Last week’s prompt was BOWL. You came up with some great limericks: Trent’s World: These days my hair looks from Saturn My barber used a bowl for a pattern Who’d ‘ave thunk Round like a monk I’d better always keep…

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