writing fun

  • 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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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    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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  • Desk Buddies – Harry Potter

    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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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    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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  • Writing Prompts

    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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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    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…

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