word prompts
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Your prompt word is FIRE I gave this week’s prompt word to a writing group on Monday and it brought out some fantastic work. It’s a word that’s current, with the intense heat causing lots of awful fires around the world. But it’s a word that can have a positive meaning – think about cosying…
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As with the other challenges this week, you have two weeks until the next one, so plenty of time to work on your stories. So, can you tell a story in 75 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 51 words using the following five…
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For this week’s prompt word, you have two weeks as I’m away teaching at Swanwick Writers’ Summer School. Your new prompt word is TEST I’ve never liked tests – especially those we had at school. I remember written tests in all sorts of subjects and oral tests for German and French. And, of course, there…
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Here’s your new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 51 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 77 words using the following eight words in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious stories: Nicola Daly: The lycra-clad coyote carefully read his sports therapist’s instructions…
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Your prompt word this week is FIGURE This week’s word has so many possibilities – we talk about pear-shaped figures and apple-shaped figures, for example. We figure things out – or try to. A figure can be a symbol or a number. There are central figures and key figures in relation to important people. What…
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Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 77 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 44 words using the following four words in it somewhere: Here are your delightful stories: Nicola Daly: The bear poured himself some wine with…
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Your prompt word this week is LABEL My mind settled on this week’s prompt word when I was cutting out an uncomfortable label from a top. It kept digging in. The labels seem to be getting longer as there’s more information companies are required to add. But there are all sorts of labels – we…
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Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 44 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 60 words using the following six words in it somewhere: Here are your clever stories: poetisinta: Hey Mr Tambourine Man Foxy had insomnia every…
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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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Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 60 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 52 words using the following seven words in it somewhere: Here are your clever stories: poetisinta: Keep it Under your Hat My godfather gave…
Esther Chilton 