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  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: C is for Collections

    Lots to think about here. You can have collections as in people collecting things, like stamps, or china ornaments, or a certain type of glassware, or little plastic heads of famous footballers (Joe Mercer’s England Squad 1971, anybody?). So from that you can widen it out to What does this character collect? What kind of…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: B is for Breakfast

    There’s a breakfast table. Now, there are so many options for you here: Who’s at the table? Is it you – and by you, I mean your character. Doesn’t have to be you personally – you can be anybody you want in creative writing.  So, who’s at the table – if anybody? If there’s a…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: A is for Apple

    Imagine an apple, or pick an apple up out of the fruit bowl. In your mind or in reality, have a really good look at it. Feel its skin. Smell it. Cut it open or bite into it. Is it firm and you worry that it’ll bring your teeth out, or is it a bit…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club

    In January 2024 Louise Hulland and I started up a writing club on BBC Local Radio in the East – and it’s also available to listen to anywhere in the country online! Please join us every other Monday afternoon (give or take a bank holiday or annual leave) and I’ll set a prompt for you…