writing
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Happy Friday! It’s time for my guest writer slot. This week, it gives me great pleasure to welcome back Kim Smyth. She appeared in this slot a few weeks ago. If you missed it, you can read it here. Now for another of her super poems: A Shorkie’s Story Come and listen to a story…
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This week’s writing prompt is: LETTERS AND DIARIES Do you keep a diary? Or perhaps you used to when you were a teenager. You could create a character who has a big secret and only shares it with their diary. Did you used to write letters to a pen pal? Or a family member who…
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How was your weekend? For those of you in England, it’s a bank holiday today. I hope you’re enjoying it. Here’s a new limerick challenge to kick-start your Monday whether you’re off work or toiling away. Your new word is: DRAMA Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word ZOOM in it somewhere.…
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This week’s writing prompt is: BOOKS What does that word mean to you? The joy of reading? A favourite book? The smell and feel of a new book as you turn the first page? Perhaps it’s writing your own book. Or going to book events. You don’t have to share your work, but I always…
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How was your weekend? I hope it was a good one. Here’s a new limerick challenge to kick-start your Monday. Your new word is: ZOOM Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word LUNCH in it somewhere. You came up with some very amusing limericks: Keith Channing: Lunch isn’t a meal that I…
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Happy Friday! It’s time for my guest writer slot. It gives me great pleasure to welcome Cee Tee Jackson for the first time. He has a very interesting story to tell. Here’s the blurb to tempt you: AN UPBEAT AND POSITIVE TALE OF SURVIVAL! Only around 8% people survive an out of hospital cardiac arrest. It’s…
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Hello, all. I hope you’re having a good week. Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 50 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 48 words using the following word in it somewhere: Here are your…
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This week’s writing prompt is: WATER What does that word conjure up for you? Walking along a canal? Splashing in a swimming pool or paddling in the sea? You could write about your own memories or create a story or poem. Perhaps there’s a shortage of water, or the water supply is contaminated. You don’t…
Esther Chilton 