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Welcome to my regular guest writer slot. This week it’s the turn of another Swannicker (name for a writer who has attended Swanwick Writing Summer School) to take the spotlight. Graham Clift has a natural ability to draw us in and to entertain us with his non-fiction writing. I’m currently reading Graham’s first memoir, North Facing
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It’s Thursday and time for a new story challenge, so… Can you tell a story in 31 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 19 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your super stories: Nicola Daly: If you
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This week’s writing prompt is: SURPRISE! What’s the biggest surprise you’ve had? Or are you someone who doesn’t like surprises? Perhaps you’re the person who likes organising surprises for other people. You could create a surprise for a character if you want to write something fictitious. Or maybe a poem about a particular surprise will
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I’ll try my best…
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It’s the start of a new week and time for this week’s limerick challenge. Your word is: FEAR Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word COOK in it somewhere. You came up with some cracking limericks: Keith Channing: I learned how to cook from TV, It’s the way most appealing to me.
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Welcome to Friday’s guest writer slot. This week I would like to introduce Heather Beveridge who writes as Hetty Waite. I met the lovely Heather at Swanwick Writing Summer School which I recently attended. We share the same publisher and Heather’s book, Mutate, launched at Swanwick. Of course I purchased a copy (and got it
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I hope you’re having a good week so far. It’s now time for a new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 19 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 43 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are
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This week’s writing prompt is: SPACE What does this word mean to you? Having space away from people and whatever is weighing you down? Wide open spaces? Having enough legroom on a plane or at the cinema? Or do you think about space in terms of the expanding universe? You don’t have to share your
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I have to say, I’ve never seen it spelled like that before…
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I hope you all had a good weekend. Here is this week’s limerick challenge for you. Your word is: COOK Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word LYING in it somewhere. You came up with some amusing limericks: Keith Channing: Lying in bed’s not a choice, You should make good use of
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Esther Chilton 