writing prompts
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This week’s challenge is to write a story, limerick or poem on the subject of: Favourite books Last week’s theme was favourite foods. You sent in some super pieces. Some are here, while you’ll find others by following the links: Keith Channing From Kerala in India’s southwest Come the foods that I deem to be…
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I’ve covered many different ways of using words to get your creative juices flowing; so this Monday, how about taking a look outside your front window? What do you see? A man running down the road? Is he running to catch a train? Perhaps he’s dashing home after receiving some devastating news about a loved…
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To start your writing week off, why not try working on something outside of your comfort zone? If you’re a romance writer, how about writing a horror story? Or if you’ve never written poetry, give it a go. It’s fun and you never know – you might find a new talent! *** Photo credit: SlideShare
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This week’s Wonderful Words is about taking a title from a book and seeing what creative threads come from it. How about ‘The Escape’? Or ‘The Key’? Then there’s ‘I Found You’. Take a look through your bookshelves and see what you can find to inspire you. In last week’s Wonderful Words, I suggested taking…
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This week’s challenge is to write a story, limerick or poem on the subject of: Travel Last week’s theme was things that make you happy. Here are some of the funny and heart-warming pieces you sent in: Keith Channing sent in an amusing poem: If you asked me for a list Of the things that…
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Last week, I wrote about taking inspiration from ordinary words and adding them into your story or poem. A couple of writers sent in pieces they’d written from the word prompts. You can find them below. Another good tool, which can help you to unleash ideas in your writing, is to take a random line…
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Monday Motivations When I’m struggling to come up with an idea for a short story or poem, I’ll often have a look around me (at a newspaper, out the window, around the house) and find random words to add into the story. This often sets the creative juices flowing. Here are five random words for…
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This week’s challenge is to write a story, limerick or poem on the subject of: Friends I’ve been away and so missed last week, but the previous week’s theme was running. Here are a couple of the poems you sent in: Keith Channing sent in a very witty limerick: Running as fast as a horse…
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As a wordsmith, I love learning about new words and then using them in my writing. Here are a few you may not have heard of and which may inspire you in your writing: Pusillanimous – lacking courage Vellicate – to nip, twitch, pinch Mabble – to wrap up Hebdomadally – weekly Caliginous – dark,…
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This week’s challenge is to write a story, limerick or poem on the subject of: Television Last week’s theme was food. Here are some of the super pieces you sent in: Keith Channing sent in another true story: We’re spending this week in our camper, It was that, or a spa for a pamper Although…
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