writing
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I don’t know about you, but being given a deadline always gives me the kick up the backside I need. So there I was, working away on my new how-to book, Novel Know-how. It was coming along fine. It just takes time to come up with a structure and you’ve got to get the chapter…
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It’s the Thursday after New Year. I hope 2024 is going well for you so far. Here’s a little story challenge: Can you tell a story in 41 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 13 words using the following three words…
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Happy New Year! I hope you’re all having a great day. To get the new year going, why not have a go at writing a limerick? Your new limerick challenge is: FAME Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word AWARD in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Keith Channing:…
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So, how many of you received books for Christmas? You can never have too many books, right? That’s what I’m always telling my partner, though my bookshelves are completely full and the top of my wardrobe is heaving with books. Every time I open it, I’m waiting for them all to fall down on my…
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It’s the Thursday before New Year, so how about a New Year story challenge? Here you go: Can you tell a story in 13 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 25 words using the following five words in it somewhere: Here…
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Happy Christmas! I hope you’re all having a great day. But if you want a break, why not have a go at writing a limerick? Your new limerick challenge is: AWARD Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word EARTH in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Ritu: “What on…
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There are all sorts of Christmas books in the shops right now, their covers full of snowy scenes and dazzling Christmas lights. I do love a Christmas cover. Do you have a favourite Christmas book? Perhaps it’s something modern or an older story – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens? The Nutcracker and the Mouse…
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It’s the Thursday before Christmas, so how about a Christmas story challenge? Here you go: Can you tell a story in 25 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 8 words using the following two words in it somewhere: Here are your…
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Happy new week. Only a week til Christmas! Your new limerick challenge is: EARTH Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word YOUNG in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Christine Mallaband-Brown: Skateboarding is a young man’s game If you take it up late, yourself you can maim Your ankles…
Esther Chilton 