word prompts

  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    Here’s your Thursday story challenge. Can you tell a story in 53 words using the following words in it somewhere: HELICOPTER EARWAX HORSESHOE FOUNTAIN DENTIST The previous challenge was to write a story in 70 words using the following seven words in it somewhere: PRISONER MARATHON BAT CHERRY NOSE CARRIAGE RIBBON Here are your fabulous…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    Here’s your new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 70 words using the following words in it somewhere: PRISONER MARATHON BAT CHERRY NOSE CARRIAGE RIBBON The previous challenge was to write a story in 41 words using the following four words in it somewhere: HOTEL SHEPHERD TRAPEZE CHEESE Here are your entertaining stories:…

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your prompt word this week is CLASSIC This week’s word was one I thought of when I saw a picture of a classic car. We also use it to describe a film or song that’s become known as a classic. And, of course, we use the phrase to speak of writing works which are classics.…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    Here’s your new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 41 words using the following words in it somewhere: HOTEL SHEPHERD TRAPEZE CHEESE The previous challenge was to write a story in 54 words using the following five words in it somewhere: PASTRAMI GUITAR MAZE BURGLAR WAX Here are your clever stories: Susan Batten:…

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your prompt word is CATCH This week’s word has all sorts of meanings, from catching a ball, to catching a cold, to catching someone’s eye, to catching a fish. We can also think about it in terms of there being a snag or, more positively, someone being quite the catch. Fact or fiction, prose or…

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  • I hope you all enjoyed your weekend whatever you did. Here’s a new limerick prompt for you. Your word this week is WORKS The previous word was HIP. Here are your limericks: Rall: when she was young she was hipher life was a fantabulous tripbut old age eventually strucklike being hit by a truckand now…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    I’ve missed setting this one, so here’s your new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 54 words using the following words in it somewhere: PASTRAMI GUITAR MAZE BURGLAR WAX The previous challenge was to write a story in 62 words using the following six words in it somewhere: BREAKDANCE VACCINE MARTINI SHIFTY WOODPECKER…

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your word prompt this week is WHISPER This week’s word came to mind when I couldn’t hear someone because they were speaking in a whisper. So we think of it as soft speech. But what about the wonderful sound of the wind whispering through the trees, the whisper of something that you’ve heard or Chinese…

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  • I’m back from my travels and ready to get into my challenges. So here’s a new limerick prompt for you. Your word this week is HIP The previous word was TIGHT. Here are your limericks: Priorhouse Blog: When Jimmie said it was tight,He meant it was “all right”!But that was new for me—You see,Thought it meant…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    Here’s your Thursday story challenge. Can you tell a story in 62 words using the following words in it somewhere: BREAKDANCE VACCINE MARTINI SHIFTY WOODPECKER HOROSCOPE You have two weeks for this one – so why not write more than one? The previous challenge was to write a story in 44 words using the following…

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