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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: D is for Dear
This week – the prompt is D is for Dear. There’s dear as in close to your heart; beloved. ‘He is very dear to me.’ Dear also means expensive – the opposite of cheap. And allied to that, it means costly in terms of the effect something can have on someone’s life. ‘He paid a…
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Poem: A Father Refuses His Daughter’s Choice of Husband
King Edward was the King of Spuds And Charlotte was his queen. Their daughter, Princess, was The prettiest spud you’ve ever seen. Her father summoned suitors From all across the land To try to impress Princess And maybe win her hand. The suitors all were gathered at A suitor-choosing ball;
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: C is for Common
This week – the prompt is C is for Common. It could mean ordinary, as in ‘common or garden’ or shared, as in ‘a common purpose’. It could mean things are in great numbers, e.g. ‘Despite technology, notebooks are still common in schools.’ Common could mean being of a low social status, being coarse or…
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Poem: She Cleans The Tower Ballroom
She cleans the Tower ballroom Through the darkness of the night, And when her shift is over She lets her mind take flight. She swaps her battered trainers For strappy sequinned shoes And glides onto the dance floor To blow away her blues. She takes up her position, Elegant in foot and hand, And in…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: B is for Ball
This week – the prompt is B is for Ball. What kind of ball is it? Is it a sports ball? That’ll take you from ping-pong to ten-pin bowling and all stops in between right up to those massive inflatable balance balls. Is it to do with food? Cheese balls, puffball mushroom, doughballs, aniseed balls,…
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Poem: Better Than Nothin’
‘What’s a girl like you doing in a place like this?’ The first one asked as he ordered some wine; ‘I’m researching a book that you could help me with,’ She said, ‘It’s all about out-dated chat-up lines, So push off. Here’s your wine, Sling your hook, go away. I’m not talking to you, not…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: A is for Attract, Attraction or Attractive
This week – the prompt is This week – the prompt is A is for Attract, Attraction or Attractive Obviously there’s attraction between people, but animals do some weird things to attract a mate. Your story could be about trying to attract someone’s attention: in a restaurant, or to warn of danger (like in the…
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Poem: What Don’t You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
I don’t want to be a singer, I don’t want to drive a train. I don’t want to be a teacher, ’Cos teachers are a pain. I don’t want to be a footballer, Don’t want to be a cleaner; Don’t want to work an ice-cream van Or be a ballerina. I don’t want to be…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: Free Week
This week – the prompt is entirely up to you. This is a free week for you. Write about whatever you like. You could be inspired by absolutely anything: nature, architecture, food, sport, history, geography, art, archaeology, entertainment, literature – the list goes on. You don’t have to write reams. The poet Ian McMillan posts…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: Z is for any word containing Z
This week – the prompt is Z is for any word containing Z. Easy one this week – you can choose any word that’s got a z in it and use that as your prompt. So there’s a few common words starting with z – zone, zero, Zumba, zip, zinnias… but there’s many more containing…