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Grandparents
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 103. Hello everyone, and here is the latest writing prompt for your delectation. I’m revisiting the way I used to create these…
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Misty
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 102. Misty was up and out early, jogging through the centre of town, trying to clear her head from yet another night of worry…
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The shell seeker
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 101. She spotted them immediately. Slightly hidden by the eddies of the rock pool, their bright glint catching and re-catching…
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The grapevine
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 100. No one would say who had accused her; no one would say who had told her husband. It seemed the village grapevine had done…
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Too near the sun
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 99. Whhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee …….! The flight took him upwards, away from the mountains and their prison towards freedom.
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The value of walls
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 98. The wall yielded to the hammer; the blows rained down by her frustration were frantic and angry, venting her fury at the…
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The dream vs reality
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 97. ‘Dermot, Dermot’. I tug at his shirt urgently, trying to get his attention. ‘Yes?’ He glances at me and smiles. ‘Dermot…
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Visiting Granny
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 96. ‘Tra la la, tra la le off to Granny’s I will go.’ Red sang at the top of her voice as she careened down the path, basket…
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He said, she did ..
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 95. ‘At last ….. I can’t believe it’s taken so long to get here.’ He sounded petulant, like an overgrown child expecting to be…
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The Jigsaw
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 94. May looked out the window for the sixth time in as many minutes. Sighing heavily, she turned back to the table, scanned…
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How to save the planet
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 93. Let’s be honest, when we talk about saving the planet we don’t really mean the planet. After all the planet will look…
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Fairies through the window
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 92. Mammy said there were fairies at the bottom of our garden and that if I was very still, and very quiet, I might see them…
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