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Weekly writing prompts. Try out new and fun creative writing prompts designed to make you think and go beyond your comfort zone. These are not designed to improve your writing skills, there are far better people who can do that. Instead, they're about stretching your imagination and letting go. Enjoy!
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Weekly Writing Prompt No. 40
Advent Calendar 1. December is a big month in my home. I love Christmas in all its festive, glitzy, light-strewn glory, not so much for the presents as…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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Weekly Writing Prompt No. 39
All the time in the world. Language is not fixed, it’s a construct that reflects society and culture at any given time. Usage and meanings change over…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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Weekly Writing Prompt No. 38
What we don't know?. On the second Thursday of each month, I host a small writing group here in West Dorset. For most of this year, we’ve been exploring…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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Weekly Writing Prompt No. 37
How big a lie can you concoct? We are surrounded every day by different people telling us differing versions of events. In my childhood, I would often…
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Weekly Writing Prompt No. 36
Lectio Divina. Last month I attended a four-day silent retreat at the Othona Community here in Dorset. From Thursday to Sunday, we spent several hours…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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Weekly Writing Prompt No. 35
Reducing the classics. There is a claim that there are only seven possible stories and a handful of archetypes to work with. This may be why, much…
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Weekly Writing Prompt No. 34
I have loved the stars too fondly. Many esoteric and spiritual texts suggest that to be whole we should consider that everything requires balance. Dark…
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