writing prompts
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This week I challenge you to write a story, poem, limerick or true-life piece about: CHEESE Have fun! Last week’s challenge was to read the following opening paragraph to a story and then to continue with the rest of the story: Six o’ clock in the morning. Another day Muriel would rather be dead. She…
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This week’s challenge is to read the following opening paragraph to a story and then to continue with the rest of the story. I’m intrigued to see where it takes you and how you’ll build on the characters: Six o’ clock in the morning. Another day Muriel would rather be dead. She opened her eyes…
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My challenge for you this week is to write a story, poem or true life piece about writing. Here’s a little ditty from me: Things I’d Love an Editor to Say Please, please won’t you write for my magazine? I’ll pay you a fortune to keep you keen, For cash and copy you’ll not…
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It’s time for the tenth instalment in my weekly writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story and/or poem, an idea for an article…Here are the first , second , third , fourth , fifth , sixth , seventh, eighth and…
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After a big break from my challenges, they’ve slowly started to creep in again.This week I challenge you to write a limerick. Here’s a silly one from me: There was a pop star called Gail, Who received lots of fan mail, One day she was sent a snake Wrapped up in a slice of…
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Welcome to the ninth instalment in my weekly writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story and/or poem, an idea for an article…Here are the first , second , third , fourth , fifth , sixth , seventh and eighth instalments…
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Welcome to the eighth instalment in my weekly writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story, the opening line of a poem…Here are the first , second , third , fourth , fifth , sixth and seventh in the series. This…
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Welcome to the seventh instalment in my weekly writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story, the opening line of a poem…Here are the first , second , third , fourth , fifth and sixth in the series. This week,…
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Welcome to the fifth instalment in my latest writing series. Each week, I give you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story, the opening line of a poem…Here are the first , second , third and fourth in the series. This week, it’s the fifth part…
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Last week saw the first in my new weekly series. Each week, I’ll be bringing you an idea – whether it’s a magazine to write for, a theme for a short story, the opening line of a poem…If you missed the first in the series, you can view it here. This week, it’s the letter…
Esther Chilton 