writing
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It’s Thursday and story time. Here’s your new challenge. Can you tell a story in 20 words using the following words in it somewhere: APOCALYPSE PINEAPPLE EXUBERANT Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 28 words using the following words in it somewhere: BEDRAGGLED MASK VODKA Here are your hilarious stories: Ann Edall-Robson:…
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Now it’s spring in the UK, there’s a lot of greenery around. It’s beautiful to see after the browns and greys of winter. But the word ‘green’ can mean many things. Green with envy, being green and taking care of our planet or being a novice at something. What comes to mind when you think…
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I hope you had a sunshine-filled weekend. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you. Your word this week is: LEAVE Last week’s prompt was GRIM. You came up with some entertaining limericks: Trent’s World: Bob had a grim day at work Due to a coworker’s weird quirk When things went down She did the opposite of…
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It’s a while since I’ve run my Guest Writer Spot, so I thought it about time I kick-started it again. I’d love to feature your writing in this slot. Anything and everything goes, from extracts from your books, to short stories, to poems, to non-fiction. If you’d like to be included in my guest writer…
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It’s nearly the end of the week. How’s yours been so far? Good, I hope. Here’s a new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 28 words using the following words in it somewhere: BEDRAGGLED MASK VODKA Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 41 words using the following words in it…
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Last week, your writing prompt was LIGHT. So I thought it fitting to go for the opposite this week: DARK. The word has so many meanings – a dark sky or night, for instance. Or what about darkness in someone’s soul? It also symbolises death, despair and deceit. We can also think about it in…
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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: MIRAGE DUNK QUIBBLE VAULT WORM Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 30 words using the following words in it somewhere: DEVIOUS BRICK CHICKEN TUNNEL Here are your laugh out loud stories:…
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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…
