writing fun
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Are you any good at keeping secrets? Perhaps you’ve kept one since you were a child and never plan to tell anyone what it is. Or maybe you’re no good at keeping things to yourself and are itching to divulge it. Or, if you’re like me, you keep it and then find out that everyone…
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How’s your week been? Busy, I expect. Life just seems to be jam-packed, doesn’t it? Here is a new story challenge for you to squeeze in: Can you tell a story in 38 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: The previous prompt was to tell a story in 15 words…
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How was your weekend? I hope you had a good one. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you: VEST Least week’s prompt was WINK. You came up with some witty limericks: Keith Edgar Channing: When I dropped my iPhone in the drink My children were both tickled pink. I asked my sweet wife If she could…
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I hope you survived the chilly weekend. It should be getting warmer next week. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you: WINK Least week’s prompt was SNOW. You came up with some amazing limericks: Trent: Stay inside all you please Shivering shoulders and shaking knees But when there’s snow Well, off I go To the mountains…
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How’s your week so far? Cold? It has been where I live, with a chilly wind, but at least the snow has now gone. Here is a new challenge to warm you up: Can you tell a story in 30 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: The previous prompt was…
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How was your weekend? Cold, if you live here in the UK! Here’s an apt new limerick challenge for the start to this week: SNOW Least week’s prompt was CHANGE. You came up with some great limericks: Trent: There once was a man from Boston With a house big enough to get lost in The…
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In my latest series, I’m taking you on a tour of my desk buddies, who watch over me as I work, or who help me in some way. This week, I’m sharing my Harry Potter pot with you. I saw this in a shop a few years ago and, being a massive Harry Potter fan,…
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Here’s this week’s story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 40 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 10 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your brilliant stories: Darlene: The Martian longed for spaghetti so…
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My new weekly series is about writing prompts. Sometimes you’re full of ideas and your writing flows; other times, the ideas just won’t come. So I thought I’d give you a prompt each week that you can take away and work into something bigger, whether it’s a short story, non-fiction piece or poem. Your first…
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It’s the Thursday after New Year. I hope 2024 is going well for you so far. Here’s a little story challenge: Can you tell a story in 41 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 13 words using the following three words…
Esther Chilton 