writing
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This week’s writing prompt is: COLOURS When I was at school my favourite colour was blue, then I went through a pink phase and everything I wore was bright pink from my eyeshadow to my pink stilettos! Thankfully for everyone around me it didn’t last long. My daughter didn’t have a favourite colour when she…
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Happy Monday! Here’s a new limerick challenge to kick-start your week. Your new word is: TEACH Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word LUCK in it somewhere. You came up with some amusing limericks: Keith Channing: When Robin Hood met Friar Tuck He thought, “Who’s this overfed schmuck?” When he saw Tuck…
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I’ve been meaning to share some exciting book news on my blog, but things have been a bit busy recently. Anyway, the wonderful SpellBound Books Ltd have given me a four-book publication deal for my how-to guides on writing. They’re republishing Short Story Focus and Publication Guaranteed (well, almost!), and my new book Novel Know-how…
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Hello there. I hope your week is going well. Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 33 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: TOUPEE HICCUP MASTERMIND CRUMBLE SQUIRREL Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 41 words using the following words in…
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This week’s writing prompt is: CITIES One of my favourite cities is Rome. I’ll never forget the way the Colosseum took my breath away as I stood in the middle, the sights and sounds of the years before playing out before me. Nor the creamy taste of the delicious pasta as it slid down my…
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I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s a new limerick challenge to kick-start your Monday. Your new word is: LUCK Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word DRAMA in it somewhere. You came up with some amazing limericks: Keith Channing: Driving out with my oldest friend, Bruce, Realised we were…
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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.…
