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Spot the problem… Photo credit: BM Media
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Happy Monday! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: COOK Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SMART in it somewhere. You produced some witty limericks: Keith Channing: Smart people know stuff, it is true, More than me and, no doubt, more than you.…
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It’s almost Friday. Here’s a new story challenge to set you up for the weekend: Can you tell a story in 14 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 8 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious…
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This week’s writing prompt is: FLOWERS IN BLOOM At this time of year, we begin to see different colours – the bright yellow of the daffodil, the stark white of the snowdrop and the soft hue of the bluebell. Write a poem or story which features flowers in it somewhere. Make it burst with colour.…
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Happy new week! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge to kick-start your Monday. Your new word is: SMART Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word BRUSH in it somewhere. You produced some witty limericks: Keith Channing: Basil has quite a fine brush, Resplendent, hirsute and quite lush. Use this little ditty,…
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Welcome to Book News — my Friday book slot. If any of you would like me to give your books a plug, please get in touch with your blurb, author bio, a photograph of the book, links and anything else you’d like to add. Here’s the address to send it to: estherchilton@gmail.com Please welcome Alethea…
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I hope your week is going well. Here’s a new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 8 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 20 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your fun stories: Darlene: As…
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This week’s writing prompt is: TRAIN STATION What’s happening at the train station? Are annoying, crackly announcements being made over the tannoy? Are passengers hurrying along the platform, their shoes clacking? Is it a land train or the underground? Describe the smells – from a coffee shop perhaps or the feel of the hot air…
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Church signs can be so inventive. This one made me smile.
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Happy Monday! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: BRUSH Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word CHAIR in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Keith Channing: Chair-bound in the barber’s shop, Hating his choice of bebop. All the day long I hear…
Esther Chilton 