writing

  • I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s a new limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: LUNCH Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SLEEP in it somewhere. You came up with some very amusing limericks: Keith Channing: Sleep never comes, try as I might. Long day…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    It’s Friday already and so it’s time for my guest writer slot. It gives me great pleasure to welcome back Murray Clarke. Murray has been a guest with his entertaining stories a few times. I’m sure you’ll enjoy his latest tale every bit as much as the others. If you’d like to be a guest on…

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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 35 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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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: DREAMS Do you have a dream you yearn to fulfil? Maybe yours has come true. Or perhaps you’ve had strange, funny or recurring dreams. But not everyone remembers their dreams, so you could write something fictional and give your characters all sorts of interesting dreams. You don’t have to share…

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  • Happy Monday. I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s a new limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: SLEEP Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SPELL in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Keith Channing: Sinking into a new depth of hell, Pretending I know…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    It’s Friday and so it’s time for my guest writer slot. It gives me great pleasure to welcome Lance Greenfield this week. If you’d like to be a guest on my blog, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short…

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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 48 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 24 words using the following word in it somewhere: Here are your…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: FAVOURITE FOODS What’s your favourite food? Chocolate? Chips? Cheese? Pizza? Pasta? Try and make our mouths water! You don’t have to share your work, but I always enjoy seeing what you come up with if the prompt gives you inspiration. Your last prompt was ANIMALS. Sharon Harvey sent in this…

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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: SPELL Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word MIND in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Keith Channing: The brain is astutely designed To sense danger in…

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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 24 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 14 words using the following word in it somewhere: Here are your…

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