writing ideas
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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
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Now the clocks have changed, it’s getting lighter in the evenings. So that got me thinking about the word ‘light’. It can mean so many different things. A lightness in feeling, lightweight, a light bulb moment, daylight, sunlight, twilight, artificial light, on and on it goes. What does it mean to you? Or perhaps it’s
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We’re back to normal this week – just the one challange: Can you tell a story in 30 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week I gave you two challenges to take part in if you wished. The first was to write a story of 7 words using the word IMPOSTER in
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I gave my writing group this week’s prompt and they came up with some really interesting pieces of writing. So I thought I’d see what you make of it. Your word this week is WAITING What does this word mean to you? Waiting for a hospital appointment? For a delivery to the house? Perhaps it’s
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It’s story time. How long does your story need to be? Well, this week I’m looking for two stories. You can do either challenge or both! Challenge one: Can you tell a story in 7 words? You must use the following word somewhere in the story: Challenge two: Can you tell a story in 50
Esther Chilton 