writing prompts
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Hello, everyone. Here’s to a great week! Your new limerick challenge is: SANDALS Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SPIDER in it somewhere. You produced some hilarious limericks: Keith Edgar Channing: A spider’s an eight-legged creature Whose four eyes are quite a neat feature. Some big ones are hairy,…
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I hope you’ve had a good week. It’s nearly Friday! 😃 Here’s your new Thursday five-word challenge: BIRTHDAY So can you tell a story in five words using the word BIRTHDAY in it somewhere? Your word last week was PIGEON. Here are your PIGEON stories: Kim Smyth: No pigeons here, just seabirds. Pigeons are kind…
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Welcome to your weekly challenge. Last week I asked you for NAILS. This week, I’m looking for a DATE. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word DATE in it somewhere? Here are your creative thoughts on NAILS from last week: Mental Health From The Other Side: Last nails in his…
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I hope you’re all having a wonderful festive break. Hopefully you’ll have time to squeeze in a quick five-word challenge. For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word WISH in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word PRESENTS. You sent in some festive treats.…
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Do you find it difficult to start writing? Not sure what to write about? Try writing about the first thing you see when you look around the room. A book of stamps? What instantly comes to mind? A love letter? Who is the letter to? Is the love reciprocated? What if it’s not? Or pehaps…
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Stuck for an article idea? Try looking through the magazine you want to write for… You may want to write for a cat magazine but can’t think of an original idea. Looking through the magazine in question, you come across a quirky and interesting article about cats and superstitions relating to them. This gets you…
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It’s Thursday and time for a new five-word challenge. For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Milk in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Lost. You sent in some brilliant stories. Here they are: Kim Smyth: I’m lost in a yarn. Been…
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Here’s a new five-word challenge for you. For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Lost in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Toy. You sent in some very clever stories. Here they are: Kim Smyth: She toyed with her hair. He buys…
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Perfect Paragraphs If you’re writing an article or story for a magazine, think about your paragraph lengths. When you send your work out, your pages are A4 size. The lengths of your paragraphs may look short on a page that size but imagine them in a newspaper or magazine. You can fit about 16 words…
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Here it is – five-word challenge time again! For this week’s challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Fine in it somewhere? Last week, your story needed to contain the word Mirror. You sent in some brilliant stories. Here they are: Christine Mallaband-Brown: Mirror maketh the woman glam. He saw…
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