writing prompts
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This week’s writing prompt is: FAVOURITE FOODS What’s your favourite food? Chocolate? Chips? Cheese? Pizza? Pasta? Try and make our mouths water! You don’t have to share your work, but I always enjoy seeing what you come up with if the prompt gives you inspiration. Your last prompt was ANIMALS. Sharon Harvey sent in this…
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This week’s writing prompt is: Animals Many of us are animals lovers, with pets that we lavish with affection. But there are so many other beautiful animals – in the jungle, forest, in fields, on farms and so on. What animals come to mind for you? Cute cats? Cheeky monkeys? Little lambs? You don’t have…
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This week’s writing prompt is: Lost Something has been lost. Perhaps it’s something expensive like a piece of jewellery. Or it may seem worthless – like a letter. But maybe it’s a love letter or a letter from a grandparent who has now died, so it’s precious to the owner of the letter. A person…
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This week’s writing prompt is a photo: I love this old gothic hall. Who lives there? Are there lots of secrets hidden inside? Let your imagination go. Last week’s prompt was NOSTALGIA You don’t have to share your work, but I’d love to see what you come up with if the prompt gives you inspiration.…
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This week’s writing prompt is: NOSTALGIA Write about a personal experience – something you’ve enjoyed. It could be a family holiday, hobby, trip to the theatre, memories of being a scout or brownie, your first job, school days and so on. Immerse yourself in the memory and bring it to life as much as you…
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This week’s writing prompt is: TAKE A WALK Your walk can be real or in your mind. Use the senses as you take your walk. Describe the feel of the sun on your face, the whip of the wind or the sting of rain. There might be the scent of freshly cut grass, perhaps the…
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This week’s writing prompt is: NEW BEGINNINGS Spring is known as the season of new beginnings, where the natural word rejuvenates and revives, but what else could be a new beginning? Perhaps a relationship has come to an end and there’s the need for a fresh start. Or maybe someone has done something wrong and…
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This week’s writing prompt is: FLOWERS IN BLOOM At this time of year, we begin to see different colours – the bright yellow of the daffodil, the stark white of the snowdrop and the soft hue of the bluebell. Write a poem or story which features flowers in it somewhere. Make it burst with colour.…
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This week’s writing prompt is: TRAIN STATION What’s happening at the train station? Are annoying, crackly announcements being made over the tannoy? Are passengers hurrying along the platform, their shoes clacking? Is it a land train or the underground? Describe the smells – from a coffee shop perhaps or the feel of the hot air…
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This week’s writing prompt is: ESCAPE Who or what has escaped? Is it a person, animal or alien? Or does it relate to the escape of something else? Close your eyes and let your mind wander. Last week, your prompt was an opening line: A roar pierces the air close by. You don’t have to…
Esther Chilton 