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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: N is for Noise
The world is full of noise – some good, some bad, some irritating but necessary. What kind of noise is in your story? Is it the presence or the absence of noise that’s important? Think about how you would describe it – or how you would describe whatever it is making the noise. Is it…
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Poem: All The Things I Couldn’t Do
My neighbour’s security light shines in my kitchen. It’s saving me electric, but cooking is fraught: With the light going off at inopportune moments My food never tastes quite as good as it ought. I reach for the mixed herbs and, plunged into darkness, I put a good handful in my bolognese I give it…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: M is for Money
This week’s prompt is – M is for Money. You can go anywhere you like with this prompt. Modern or pre-decimal or ancient money? If everyone is using pre-decimal currency, that would instantly let your readers know that this is not a modern story. Wage packet or salary? Wage packet is a good way to…
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Poem: My Neighbour’s Security Light
My neighbour’s security light shines in my kitchen. It’s saving me electric, but cooking is fraught: With the light going off at inopportune moments My food never tastes quite as good as it ought. I reach for the mixed herbs and, plunged into darkness, I put a good handful in my bolognese I give it…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: L is for Light (or lights)
This week – the prompt is L is for light or lights. So you can have light as in illumination – ‘Put the light on!’ And think of what words can go before light to make different forms of illumination: daylight, moonlight… and also think about where the light is coming from – the sun,…
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Short Fiction: Dedication Is Key
Dedication, that’s what it took. Personal achievement, relationships, success – dedication was the key to all of them. As he drummed into his children, you had to work for what you wanted. Year-round he trained, measuring, timing, perfecting his technique, straining to get the best out of his muscles and sinews, heart and lungs. He…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: K is for Key (or keys)
This week – the prompt is K is for key or keys. Is it a single key or a bunch? What does the key unlock? A door? A box? A padlock? What’s the story once the thing has been unlocked? Or is the key for a clock, or a tin of sardines or a car?…
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Poem: Jumping Frog
Jumping Frog woke up one sunny morn, Stretched upon his lily pad and gave a little yawn. He said to himself, ‘It’s such a lovely day, I’ll hop off into town and so I must be on my way.’ He hugged his toy dog Spot goodbye And set off on his travels underneath a clear…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: J is for Jump (or anything to do with jump)
This week – the prompt is J is for jump or anything to do with jump. There’s jump as in literally jump up and down, and so you can have athletics events – high jump, long jump, triple jump… racehorses can go over the jumps and there’s jumping jacks and jump jets… And then there’s…
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Poem: What’s Within
I iron creases from a shirt and think about my skin: You see it creped and wrinkled; you don’t see what’s within. You see my shoulders rounded; you see my face is red; But you’ve got no idea what’s going on inside my head… I don’t want to do the ironing, wash the curtains or…