writing ideas
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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…
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Your prompt word this week is LABEL My mind settled on this week’s prompt word when I was cutting out an uncomfortable label from a top. It kept digging in. The labels seem to be getting longer as there’s more information companies are required to add. But there are all sorts of labels – we…
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Your word prompt this week is RICH When this word came into my head, my first thought was that it represents something I’ll never be. But that’s in terms of cash – I have an abundance of riches when it comes to family, friends, my work, home and many, many other things. I have an…
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Your new prompt word is BANK I thought about this week’s word when I had a look at my bank account. It got me thinking about all the other uses we have for this word – we might talk about certainty – you can bank on that, for example. Then, there’s the riverbank. We also…
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Your new prompt word is BLOCK Numerous meanings for this week’s word come to mind – a Lego block, for example or a block of ice. There are buildings, such as a tower block or office block. Something might be causing you to have a mental block. Of course, there are physical blocks too. The…
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Your new prompt word is CLOSE I like the think of this week’s word as something positive – I’m close to my family or I’m close to finishing a piece of work, for example. You might ask someone to close their eyes as you’re about to give them a surprise. Some of us live in…
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Your new prompt word is CROSS There are so many different meanings to this word. It’s a feeling – we can feel cross. It’s also a game – noughts and crosses, for example. If we think about Jesus, we can’t neglect the cross. We can use it as a warning – Don’t cross their path.…
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It’s that time of the week – story time. Can you tell a story in 37 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 52 words using the following five words in it somewhere: Here are your superb stories: Nicola Daly: Ugh, just look at that…
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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…
Esther Chilton 