word prompts
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Your new word is SHOWER My parents have never had a shower – not even have an attachment over the bath. When I got my first house, it had to have a shower! But showers in houses aren’t the only type of shower. There are rain showers, we can shower someone with praise and of…
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It’s Thursday and time for a new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 52 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 61 words using the following six words in it somewhere: Here are your entertaining stories: Crystal: Like a Sponge I was going…
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Your new prompt word is PET Many of us have pets. I have two cats who I adore and who act as my muses while I work. We also pet our animals. But, this word has many other meanings. We can use it to refer to someone we like – ‘Isn’t she lovely? A real…
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My week has flown by – I don’t know about yours. I hope it’s been a good one. Here’s a new story challenge for you. Can you tell a story in 61 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 40 words using the following four…
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Your new prompt word is TABLET This week’s prompt word came to mind when I was taking a tablet for a medical condition. But there are many other ways of looking at this word. You may have a tablet which you use as a computer. And, of course, they were used many years ago for…
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Your new prompt word is EYES We use this word in many ways. Of course the obvious one is that we use our eyes to see. We also use our eyes to show emotion – surprise or to be flirty, for example. We talk about keeping our eyes peeled, or an eye on something. Then…
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You have two weeks to complete the latest story challenge so I thought I’d go for a bumper one. Can you tell a story in 100 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 57 words using the following six words in it somewhere: Here are…
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Your prompt word this week is DISH I remember my nan using this word to describe a film star she thought was very good-looking. ‘He’s a dish, isn’t he?’ she said. But aside from referring to someone who is handsome, we use the word in lots of other ways – a satellite dish, something to…
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Here’s your Thursday story challenge. Can you tell a story in 57 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 28 words using the following three words in it somewhere: Here are your entertaining stories: Crystal: As I play Scrabble with a homeless guy who is…
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Your new prompt word is CAPTURE My choice of word came today when I thought about a TV series here in the UK called The Capture. It centres around deepfakes. So ‘capture’ can have negative connotations. We might think of it in terms of someone or something being captured. But we can also look at…
Esther Chilton 