Category: blogging

• November 18, 2021

  Weekly writing prompt: Smile

  This week, write 100 words about a smile. Is it crooked? Sardonic? Warm? Joyful? Here’s how to take part: Write a post, including your 100-word response to the challenge, any words of explanation or inspiration you wish to share, and a link to this challenge page. Comment on this post with a link to your…
• November 11, 2021

  Weekly writing prompt: Remember

  Today is Remembrance Day in Britain. November 11th 1918 was when World War I officially stopped. This week, write 100 words about “remember”. Here’s how to take part: Write a post, including your 100-word response to the challenge, any words of explanation or inspiration you wish to share, and a link to this challenge page.…
• November 4, 2021

  Weekly writing prompt: Squash

  It’s the right time of year to eat squash. In England, you might drink squash (or pop). In Shanghai, the metro might be a squash. What will you write 100 words about this week? Here’s how to take part: Write a post, including your 100-word response to the challenge, any words of explanation or inspiration…
• October 28, 2021

  Weekly writing prompt: Disarray

  Write 100 words about something that is in disarray. Here’s how to take part: Write a post, including your 100-word response to the challenge, any words of explanation or inspiration you wish to share, and a link to this challenge page. Comment on this post with a link to your page so others can see…
• October 21, 2021

  Weekly writing prompt: Seed

  Write 100 words about a seed. Will it be a metaphor or a real seed? Will it be the verb “to seed” or the noun, like a physical seed you plant in the ground? So many possibilities! Here’s how to take part: Write a post, including your 100-word response to the challenge, any words of…
• October 14, 2021

  Weekly writing prompt: Catastrophe

  Catastrophe is an unequivocal hyperbole with only one meaning (although I’m open to being surprised and learning something on that front). This week, write 100 words about a catastrophe. Your character might have a tendency to catastrophize (to imagine the worst, perhaps they are anxious), or they might have lived through a real catastrophe. Or…
• October 7, 2021

  Weekly writing prompt challenge: Due

  The word “due” evokes a sense of time, for me. It goes hand-in-hand with “late”. Or “overdue”. When I worked as a librarian, overdue books were quite common. I particularly hated when children had overdue books. I don’t think children should be able to incur library fines. How are they supposed to pay them? Another…
• September 30, 2021

  Weekly writing prompt challenge: Duck

  This week, write 100 words about “duck”. It could be the bird, the verb or something else entirely (in Staffordshire, for example, “duck” is an affectionate term for someone, akin to “mate” in other parts of England). Here’s how to take part: Write a post, including your 100-word response to the challenge, any words of…
• September 23, 2021

  Weekly writing prompt challenge: Roll

  Another open-ended one this week to engage your writing muscles. Write 100 words about “roll”. Any interpretation of the word is fair game. You could write about roll as verb, adjective, noun, or maybe even a proper noun, if you have a Dave Roll in your book, or are writing about a Rolls Royce. Here’s…
• September 16, 2021

  Weekly writing prompt challenge: Jovial

  This week, write 100 words about something jovial. Here’s how to take part: Write a post, including your 100-word response to the challenge, any words of explanation or inspiration you wish to share, and a link to this challenge page. Comment on this post with a link to your page so others can see your…