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Happy new week! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge for you – your new word is: GRIM Last week’s prompt was CHILL. You came up with some amusing limericks: Kim Smyth: There once was a dude who could chill So cool, he did not even need a pill Never spoke a bad word Good vibes only heard…
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It’s Thursday, so it’s story time. Can you tell a story in 41 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 30 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your laugh out loud stories: Niki Daly: That devious chicken – he’s only bricked…
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Now the clocks have changed, it’s getting lighter in the evenings. So that got me thinking about the word ‘light’. It can mean so many different things. A lightness in feeling, lightweight, a light bulb moment, daylight, sunlight, twilight, artificial light, on and on it goes. What does it mean to you? Or perhaps it’s…
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I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you – your new word is: CHILL Last week’s prompt was DINNER. You came up with some brilliant limericks: Graeme Sandford: There once was a man who ate dinner; and by doing so grew a lot thinner; his dinner was oats, with…
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The wonderfully supportive Melissa Lemay offers writers a fantastic opportunity to have their work published in her journal, Collaborature. I recently spoke to Melissa and it was wonderful to hear her so excited by the project and how committed she is to helping writers get their work out there. Here’s a bit about it in…
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We’re back to normal this week – just the one challange: Can you tell a story in 30 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week I gave you two challenges to take part in if you wished. The first was to write a story of 7 words using the word IMPOSTER in…
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I gave my writing group this week’s prompt and they came up with some really interesting pieces of writing. So I thought I’d see what you make of it. Your word this week is WAITING What does this word mean to you? Waiting for a hospital appointment? For a delivery to the house? Perhaps it’s…
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Wishing you all a happy new week. Here’s your weekly limerick challenge. Your new word is: DINNER Last week’s prompt was LAZY. You came up with some funny limericks: Kim Smyth: The woman was feeling quite lazy Cause the sky was cloudy and hazy She took it too easy Feeling light and breezy Make sure everyone…
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I’ve read lots of books by this author under the name of Glynis Peters. She writes beautifully-told wartime sagas. When I heard she’d written something a little different, I was curious to know more. The Weybourne Witches has been published under the name of Amber Raven (the perfect name for a story about witches). Here’s…
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It’s story time. How long does your story need to be? Well, this week I’m looking for two stories. You can do either challenge or both! Challenge one: Can you tell a story in 7 words? You must use the following word somewhere in the story: Challenge two: Can you tell a story in 50…
Esther Chilton 