writing ideas
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This week’s word prompt is TREASURE What comes into your mind when you think of that word? Pirates? Gold coins and goblets? Perhaps it’s a loved one you treasure, or a moment in time. It could even be time itself that you treasure. Fact or fiction, prose or poetry, I would love to read your
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It’s that time of the week – story time. So here we go… Can you tell a story in 40 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 31 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your laugh out loud stories: Graeme Sandford:
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One of my close friend’s daughter has just come back from travelling around Australia. I followed her on Instagram and my favourite videos were of the stunning waterfalls. The whoosh of the water and its sheer power is immense. So your prompt this week is WATER What does the word mean to you? A lack
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Whenever I’m feeling stressed or anxious, I think of my special place – a place where I was happy and relaxed and at peace with the world. And where is that place? It’s under a tree – a tree I first sat under when I was five years old. That’s nearly fifty years ago now,
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I hope you’ve had a good week so far. One more day until the weekend. Here’s a new story challenge for you. Can you tell a story in 18 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 38 words using the following words in it somewhere:
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If you could go to any fictional world, where would that be? I love the Harry Potter books and so I’d love to go to Hogwarts. Enid Blyton was a firm favourite and so I could see myself climbing up the Faraway Tree. Or perhaps fighting my way through a wardrobe of coats into Narnia.
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It’s been a short week with the bank holiday on Monday, but it’s still zoomed by. I hope you’ve had a good week. Here’s your new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 38 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 20 words using
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My favourite toy when I was a little girl was the Tree Tots Tree house. It was a dolls’ house in the shape of a tree. If you pushed a button on top of the tree, it sprang open to reveal a house! I absolutely loved it. So you prompt this week is TOYS I
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Now it’s spring in the UK, there’s a lot of greenery around. It’s beautiful to see after the browns and greys of winter. But the word ‘green’ can mean many things. Green with envy, being green and taking care of our planet or being a novice at something. What comes to mind when you think
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Last week, your writing prompt was LIGHT. So I thought it fitting to go for the opposite this week: DARK. The word has so many meanings – a dark sky or night, for instance. Or what about darkness in someone’s soul? It also symbolises death, despair and deceit. We can also think about it in
Esther Chilton 