writing inspiration
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It always amazes me when I see how people interpret the same word in different ways. Let’s take the word team. Does it make you think of sport and supporting your favourite football team? Maybe it fills you with thoughts of workmates and how you came together as a team. I remember when the film…
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Happy Monday. I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Here’s a fresh limerick challenge for you. Your word this week is: EGGS Last week’s prompt was RAGE. You came up with some clever limericks: Keith Edgar Channing: From the top to the foot of the page, My ignorance I must assuage. But when I react To the…
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Are you any good at keeping secrets? Perhaps you’ve kept one since you were a child and never plan to tell anyone what it is. Or maybe you’re no good at keeping things to yourself and are itching to divulge it. Or, if you’re like me, you keep it and then find out that everyone…
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Nowadays it’s easy to take a photo with your phone. We have hundreds and hundreds of images clogging up our phones that we put on social media. But remember the days of having to get photos developed and waiting days for them to be ready? I was so excited to go and collect them to…
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I’ve been working for The Writers Bureau for sixteen years now and I’ve loved every minute of it. It was where I started out myself as a student many years ago and I have them to thank for becoming a published writer. When the director asked me if I’d like to write some new courses…
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The phrase ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ recently came into my head when I was talking to a friend about an actor she thought was drop-dead gorgeous. I completely disagreed and it got me thinking how true the saying is. So your prompt this week is: BEAUTY What do you see as…
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Well, it’s been a bit warmer this week, so are we done with the snow and ice for this year? I’m sure it’ll be back, but for now let’s make the most of the above freezing temperatures. Here is a new challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 21 words? You must use…
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We’re already halfway through January and so spring isn’t too far away. At least it’s warmed up a bit here in the UK. I’m going to take the temperature down a little with my prompt this week: SUPERNATURAL What does that word mean to you? Ghosts? Paranormal? Magic? Psychic? Perhaps you don’t believe in it,…
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How’s your week so far? Cold? It has been where I live, with a chilly wind, but at least the snow has now gone. Here is a new challenge to warm you up: Can you tell a story in 30 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: The previous prompt was…
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I can’t believe the first week of January has already whizzed by. We’ve had sunshine, frost, snow, rain, wind – all sorts of weather. But we increasingly seem to be seeing more storms. So your prompt this week is fittingly STORM Of course a storm doesn’t just have to relate to the weather. Open up…
Esther Chilton 