Challenges
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Your prompt this week is CHARGE The first thought that comes to mind for me in relation to this week’s prompt word is cost – a fee for something. It might be a bill or something nicer such as admission to a museum or theatre. You can also be in charge of something – the…
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Happy Monday! Here’s a new limerick challenge for you – your word is: WEIGH Last week’s prompt was SPELL. You came up with some very clever limericks: Trent’s World: There once was a boy named Jerard Who tended to play too hard And when he fell He’d sit for a spell Then start again, what a…
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Here’s your new Thursday story challenge: Can you tell a story in 49 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 35 words using the following four words in it somewhere: LAKE COUPON PUPPET TUBA Here are your super stories: K Morris Poet: She sat on…
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Your prompt word this week is ELEMENT/S We often talk about the elements with reference to the weather and natural elements. It also means part of something – the elements of a good book, for example. Science also comes into it – chemical elements and we mustn’t forget their involvement in cooking – gas and…
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Here’s a new limerick challenge for you this fine Monday – your word is: SPELL Last week’s prompt was SING. You came up with some great limericks: Therapy Bits: There once was a bird on the wing, Who loved every morning to sing. With a voice bright and clear, It brought all who could hear, A…
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I hope your week is going well. Here’s your Thursday story challenge: Can you tell a story in 35 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 51 words using the following three words in it somewhere: Here are your fantastic stories: Therapy Bits: The millipede…
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Your word prompt this week is STRIKE This word can have negative connotations – to strike someone by hitting them, air strikes, or going on strike from a job in order to get better pay and working conditions. We sometimes describe disaster as striking or a lightning strike. But lets’ think about it in more…
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Here in the UK, it’s a bank holiday – and we’re having a mini-heatwave. I hope you’re able to keep cool. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you – your word is: SING Last week’s prompt was JUST. You came up with some great limericks: Nicola Daly: Giving into his voracious blood lust Vlad the Vampire…
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Here’s your Thursday story challenge: Can you tell a story in 51 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 46 words using the following three words in it somewhere: Here are your entertaining stories: Christopher Farley: Dumbfounded, I looked at Esther’s latest ”Can you tell…
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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…
Esther Chilton 