writing ideas
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Your new prompt word is PLAY This week’s word came into my mind when I was looking at a theatre programme. I’d been to a play I really enjoyed. But there are so many other meanings – children play with toys and sports people play a game/match. We might use it to describe someone playing…
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Your prompt this week is SERVICE This words came into my head when I drove past some services on the side of the road the other day. Petrol, food, a loo break – they’re pretty handy. But the word service has so many meanings, from a service on your car, to a bus or train…
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Your word this week is ROSE This week’s word came into my head after I went out for a meal with some friends at a lovely country pub called Rose Cottage. The pub lived up to its name, with lots of beautiful roses throughout. We use the word to refer to a shade of pink,…
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Your prompt word this week is CRAFTY I do like this week’s word, especially in the sense of relating it to making things. I used to love creating things with my daughter when she was small. It’s amazing what you can do with sequins, leaves, cotton wool, empty washing up liquid bottles and toilet roll…
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Your new prompt word this week is BRIDGE The first meaning that often comes to mind when thinking about this week’s prompt is a bridge over a passage of water, or a steep drop, for example. But of course it has multiple meanings – there is a card game called bridge, it’s part of a…
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Your prompt word this week is EXERCISE There are all sorts of physical exercises we can undertake: running, going to the gym, yoga, Pilates, football, etc. We can also undertake mental exercises in the form of crosswords and word searches. There are written exercises and who remembers those exercises books from our school days? It’s…
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Your prompt word is FIRE I gave this week’s prompt word to a writing group on Monday and it brought out some fantastic work. It’s a word that’s current, with the intense heat causing lots of awful fires around the world. But it’s a word that can have a positive meaning – think about cosying…
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For this week’s prompt word, you have two weeks as I’m away teaching at Swanwick Writers’ Summer School. Your new prompt word is TEST I’ve never liked tests – especially those we had at school. I remember written tests in all sorts of subjects and oral tests for German and French. And, of course, there…
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Your prompt word this week is FIGURE This week’s word has so many possibilities – we talk about pear-shaped figures and apple-shaped figures, for example. We figure things out – or try to. A figure can be a symbol or a number. There are central figures and key figures in relation to important people. What…
