Challenges
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Happy start of the week. I hope you have a great Monday. Here’s a new limerick challenge. Your word is SCALE Last week’s prompt was SNACKS. You came up with some hilarious limericks: Nicola Daly: Wielding my giant axe Makes me hungry for chocolatey snacks But two becomes four And I eat more and more And…
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Here’s your new Thursday story challenge: Can you tell a story in 61 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 77 words using the following seven words in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious stories: Nicola Daly: So, this year I’m finding costumes for Madame…
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Your writing prompt this week is FISH You may think of physical fish, swimming in the sea, or being part of a delicious meal. But it’s another word with multiple meanings. We sometimes use it to refer to a person who is a little strange, seeing them as ‘an odd fish’. It can be used…
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Happy Monday to you all. Here’s a new limerick challenge. Your word is SNACKS Last week’s prompt was LITTER. You came up with some thoughtful limericks: Nicola Daly: My old gran loved to bedazzle with glitter She was also a bit of a knitter She made jumpers galore Until we shouted ‘No more! We’d prefer you…
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Here’s your new Thursday story challenge: Can you tell a story in 77 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 46 words using the following four words in it somewhere: Here are your excellent stories: Nicola Daly: ‘Wipe the drool from your face, Mother.’ ‘It’s…
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Your writing prompt this week is GLASS This week’s word first came to mind when I picked up my glass of water and beautiful, iridescent colours twinkled through it. You might think of a mirror, a vase or glasses that you wear instead. But other meanings or associations may come to mind. What does the…
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Happy new week. Here’s your fresh limerick challenge. Your word is LITTER Last week’s prompt was DUST. You came up with some thoughtful limericks: Nicola Daly: I thought I’d got it all sussed How to carve a fancy stone bust But my neighbours all woke And my chisel they broke And now my dreams of a…
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It’s almost Halloween! Before you don your witches’ hats and grab those broomsticks, here’s a new story challenge for you. Can you tell a story in 46 words using the following words in it somewhere: My apologies if I don’t respond to you for a day or two – I’m going into hospital later today…
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Your writing prompt this week is EDGE This week’s prompt word came to mind after hearing an old song on the radio – Wham! and their ‘The Edge of Heaven’. The word can be defined as the ‘outside limit of an object, area, or surface’. But it has many other meanings, such as having superiority…
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Happy Monday to you all. Here’s a new limerick challenge. Your word is DUST Last week’s prompt was BREAD. You came up with some brilliant limericks: The Limerick Guy: Passover is “Bread of Affliction” week, And despite great cooking technique, Much to our consternation The Affliction’s constipation… A Jewish bind that ties so to speak. Graeme Sandford: There…
Esther Chilton 