writing prompts
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For this week’s prompt word, you have two weeks as I’m away teaching at Swanwick Writers’ Summer School. Your new prompt word is TEST I’ve never liked tests – especially those we had at school. I remember written tests in all sorts of subjects and oral tests for German and French. And, of course, there…
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Here’s your new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 51 words using the following words in it somewhere: YAWN WEATHER TOOT COOKIES NECROMANCER The previous challenge was to write a story in 77 words using the following eight words in it somewhere: COYOTE LEMONADE THERAPIST BUBBLEWRAP MISSPELL VACUUM LYCRA BACKSTROKE Here are your…
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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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Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 44 words using the following words in it somewhere: SHOCK DRIBBLE BEAR AMBIDEXTROUS The previous challenge was to write a story in 60 words using the following six words in it somewhere: INSOMNIA DARE TAMBOURINE DUST FOX FAN Here are your clever…
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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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Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 60 words using the following words in it somewhere: INSOMNIA DARE TAMBOURINE DUST FOX FAN The previous challenge was to write a story in 52 words using the following seven words in it somewhere: GODFATHER TOFFEE APP RECYCLE STEALTH Here are your…
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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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Here’s a new story challenge for you. Can you tell a story in 71 words using the following words in it somewhere: CAPTAIN LEAPFROG BAKERY PRESCRIPTION WIDOW SHAMPOO ANAGRAM The previous challenge was to write a story in 62 words using the following six words in it somewhere: LASSO IMPERSONATE SHRINE VIDEO JANITOR CONGEAL Here…
