fun prompts

  • Laughing Along With A Limerick

    Happy new week! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge for you. Your word this week is TIGHT You have two weeks in which to complete your TIGHT limericks. I’m off for a few writing events and to see family at the end of this week. The previous word was FRY. Here are your limericks: Nicola Daly: Ode…

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  • Laughing Along With A Limerick

    I hope you had a great weekend. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you. Your word this week is FRY The previous word was TASK. Here are your limericks: Nicola Daly: On the sunlit upland I’d prefer to baskAnd sip g and t from my fancy hip flaskInstead my master, the Dragon LordHas asked me to…

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  • Happy Monday. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you. Your word this week is CHEW The previous word was FIRST. Here are your limericks: Rall: she would have liked to come first but couldn’t control her strong thirst she drank so much water it blocked her aorta her confidence shattered did burst Aptivi’s Joyful Corner: a…

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  • Thank you for your patience while I was away at the writing summer school. I hope you’ve had a great week. My challenges are back, but please bear with me while I catch up. Your word this week is EYES The previous word was SHEET. Here are your limericks: Nicola Daly: Remember the witch from Carlisle?Her…

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  • In the UK, we’re coping with our third heatwave. Hope you’re all managing to keep cool. Here’s a fresh limerick challenge for you. Your new word is WRECK Last week’s word was FAKE. Here are your limericks: Keith Edgar Channing: Far be it from me to forsakeA chance to relax by the lakeI won a free…

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  • It’s limerick time. Your new word is WEED Last week’s word was TRAIN. Here are your limericks: Nicola Daly: ‘I’d love to catch a fast trainSip champagne and stare through the paneWatch the world fly byArrive by and by…’‘On Avanti*? Dream on, you’re insane..’ *Avanti is the company that runs the trains up here. It is…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    Here’s this week’s story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 23 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: BALLERINA PUMPKIN EGGS Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 12 words using the following words in it somewhere: SMOOTHIE BAGPIPES Here are your entertaining stories: Richmond Road:…

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