writing prompts
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This week’s writing prompt is: WORK My first job was working in Halfords, a British car parts retailer. I’ll never forget the enormous overalls I had to wear. I left Halford’s after a few months for McDonald’s, which offered much better pay – and free food! But I hated the job and lasted three weeks.…
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This week’s writing prompt is: Home Even though I’ve moved up north (well, not really up north but a lot further north than I used to be!), I still refer to home as down south in Berkshire. It’s where I was born and lived for forty-odd years. I love it where I live now, with…
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It’s Monday and time for a new limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: WINK Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word YAWN in it somewhere. You came up with some great limericks: Cee Tee Jackson: YAWN OF THE DEAD. There once was a ‘dead’ man called Shaun Whose…
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It’s Thursday so I have a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 16 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 50 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your funny stories: Christine Mallaband-Brown: Please…
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This week’s writing prompt is: Phobia What does that word mean to you? My phobia is spiders. I try and rationalise it to myself. They’re small and here, in the UK, they’re not poisonous so they can’t harm me. But it doesn’t help! You could write about a real phobia, or you could make one…
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Happy Monday! Here’s a new limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: TEACH Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word LUCK in it somewhere. You came up with some amusing limericks: Keith Channing: When Robin Hood met Friar Tuck He thought, “Who’s this overfed schmuck?” When he saw Tuck…
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This week’s writing prompt is: CITIES One of my favourite cities is Rome. I’ll never forget the way the Colosseum took my breath away as I stood in the middle, the sights and sounds of the years before playing out before me. Nor the creamy taste of the delicious pasta as it slid down my…
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I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s a new limerick challenge to kick-start your Monday. Your new word is: LUCK Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word DRAMA in it somewhere. You came up with some amazing limericks: Keith Channing: Driving out with my oldest friend, Bruce, Realised we were…
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Hi everyone. I hope you’ve had a good week so far. Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 41 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 29 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here…
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This week’s writing prompt is: LETTERS AND DIARIES Do you keep a diary? Or perhaps you used to when you were a teenager. You could create a character who has a big secret and only shares it with their diary. Did you used to write letters to a pen pal? Or a family member who…
Esther Chilton 