word prompts
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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…
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Your new prompt word is BANK I thought about this week’s word when I had a look at my bank account. It got me thinking about all the other uses we have for this word – we might talk about certainty – you can bank on that, for example. Then, there’s the riverbank. We also…
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Your Thursday story challenge is here. Can you tell a story in 52 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 71 words using the following seven words in it somewhere: Here are your funny stories: Therapy Bits: Captain Morgan entered the sleepy town where a…
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Your new prompt word is BLOCK Numerous meanings for this week’s word come to mind – a Lego block, for example or a block of ice. There are buildings, such as a tower block or office block. Something might be causing you to have a mental block. Of course, there are physical blocks too. The…
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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…
Esther Chilton 