word prompts

  • It’s Thursday and story time. Here’s the latest story challenge: Can you tell a story in 23 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: HERO LEATHER NOTES TRIANGLE AUBERGINE Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 47 words using the following words in it somewhere: TOFFEE RESIGN HOUSEPLANT FLING…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: TIME What does TIME mean to you? Good times, spent with family and friends? Always being pushed for time? Happy memories of times in the past? Or perhaps you think of the future and the times that will bring. It might be a timepiece itself that holds special significance. You…

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  • I’m sorry I’ve not responded to everyone’s brilliant posts and responses to my challenges – the surgery is taking longer to recover from than I’d thought. So please bear with me. Your new weekly limerick challenge is TASTE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SAVE in it somewhere. You came up…

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  • It’s Thursday and story time. Here’s the latest story challenge: Can you tell a story in 47 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: TOFFEE RESIGN HOUSEPLANT FLING TABLET LADDER SLOGAN Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 39 words using the following words in it somewhere: CHAOS KNITTING…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: SEASONS Which is your favourite season? Mine is autumn. I love the glorious golds, oranges and reds as the leaves turn. There’s also a crisp freshness to the air and the crackle of the log burner once inside. The differing seasons can make a great theme for a poem, or…

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  • Happy Monday! Your weekly limerick challenge is here to kick-start your week. My apologies if I don’t comment on your limericks for a few days – I’m having surgery today so I may be out of action for a short while. I’ll comment when I can and I’ve scheduled a few posts for the forthcoming…

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  • Hi there! It’s time for a new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 39 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: CHAOS KNITTING ISLAND GRANDAD PLASTIC CHERRY Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 28 words using the following words in it somewhere: PILLOW LOOT SLIME BALLROOM…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: WORK My first job was working in Halfords, a British car parts retailer. I’ll never forget the enormous overalls I had to wear. I left Halford’s after a few months for McDonald’s, which offered much better pay – and free food! But I hated the job and lasted three weeks.…

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  • Well, it’s Monday again. Doesn’t the weekend fly by?! Anyway, it’s time for a new limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: THUMB Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word WINK in it somewhere. You came up with some really funny limericks: Trent’s World: Old Jim was a social…

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  • Hello all. It’s time for a new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 28 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: PILLOW LOOT SLIME BALLROOM SACRED Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 16 words using the following words in it somewhere: WASHING-UP GLITTER HANDSTAND Here are…

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