writing inspiration
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Your prompt word this week is GAMES This week’s prompt came to me after hearing the song ‘Wicked Games’ by Chris Isaak. Sadly people do play nasty games on others. But there are lots of other, happier games, such as sports games. What about board games? I used to love Monopoly and Cluedo. Then there
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Your writing prompt this week is SHAPES There are lots of ways of interpreting this week’s prompt. You might think about circles, stars, squares or triangles. Or perhaps moulding something into something else. Our clothes and figures can lose shape. With some work, we can get into shape. You might see a dark shape in
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It’s been a few weeks since I’ve run my Guest Writer Spot. So I’d like to feature it again. You always amaze me with the brilliant pieces of writing you produce. Everyone is welcome. If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines
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Your writing prompt this week is SNOW Having been visited by the white stuff this week, it seemed a fitting prompt. Do you love it or hate it? I rather like it – as long as I’m cosy inside looking out. And from snow come snowflakes, snowmen, snowdrops, snowy owls and more. What are your
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Your writing prompt this week is NEW BEGINNINGS I thought this would be an appropriate prompt with it being New Year’s Day tomorrow. But you don’t have to write about New Year. Your new beginnings can relate to anything, real or fictional. Fact or fiction, prose or poetry, I would love to read your thoughts
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Your new writing prompt on this lovely Christmas Eve is FAMILY Many of us are lucky to be surrounded by family at Christmas. But what about those members sadly missing/no longer with us? Maybe family means more to you than blood relatives. What about friends? Pets? What does the prompt word mean to you? Fact
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Your new prompt word is GIVING Christmas should be a time of giving. Yes, there are presents that come into it. But it can also mean giving of your time, your love, your thoughts to others. What does the prompt mean to you? Fact or fiction, prose or poetry, I would love to read your
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. My guest this week is a Writers Bureau student I’ve
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Your writing prompt this week is RESPECT I was always brought up to respect my elders and to be polite. I’m not sure the same goes for today’s youngsters. Who do you have respect for? And whom don’t you respect? The word is also used to convey a polite, formal greeting, or in reference to
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Your writing prompt word this week is: PROMISE I remember when I joined the Brownie Guides and made my Brownie Promise. I rehearsed it so many times I can still remember it! We make promises all the time – do you keep them? Or perhaps someone hasn’t kept their promise to you. You might like
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