You might like to investigate writing a pantoum, a poetic form which allows for rhyme, rhythm and repetition. A pantoum often has 16 lines (it can have more), written in quatrains – four-line stanzas. Continue reading 42 is the Right Answer, Day 13
Your prompt today is Write a 500 word Journal Entry I suggest (if you haven’t already) you get into the habit of writing something in a journal while we’re busy being isolated/locked down/working from home/distanced from our usual social circle. It may prove interesting to look back on. Some famous keepers of journals include Anne Frank, Leonardo de Vinci, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Sir Isaac Newton, Andy Wahol and Kurt Cobain, although I’m not suggesting you keep a journal for future publication, only for your own amusement. I have kept a journal one and off for most of my adult … Continue reading 42 is the Right Answer, Day 12
Your April Fool’s Day Creative Writing Prompt: Clowning Around Obviously I’m going to want humour today, a funny story or poem – or better still, a sketch. This can be fact or fiction, but it must have humour at its … Continue reading 42 is the Right Answer, Day 11
I’m looking for something longer today, a 1,800 to 2,000-word short story. This must be fiction, even if you are basing the story on something that happened to you in the past. Continue reading 42 is the Right Answer, Day 10
Your task today is to free write (meaning just get down on paper or computer screen whatever comes to mind) as you think about… Continue reading 42 is the Right Answer, Day 9
Your Day 8 Creative Writing Prompt: Respect Who has it? Who gives it? Who cares? Just for a change, I’m asking for an opinion piece today. Imagine you are writing for one of the ‘quality’, smart-arse magazines or newspapers. They want your unique take on what respect means to you and yours, in just 500 words. This is personal, so write in the first person (‘I’ and ‘me’, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’). Rant if you must, it might make you feel better in these trying times. To save you looking it up, the Oxford Dictionary definition of respect is: Noun … Continue reading 42 is the Right Answer, Day 8
Whether the thought of writing a poem fills you with terror/disgust/delight, just get on with it. Its only for today, and who knows, you may find some pleasure in it. Continue reading 42 is the Right Answer, Day 7
Day Six Creative Writing Prompt: They had an understanding… Who did? When? Why? Who else knew? Was there corruption or immoral behaviour going on? Where? There doesn’t have to be a bad thing happening, but still… Was this a relationship between a child and grandparent, coach and footballer, dog and trainer, husband and wife, priest and housekeeper, artist and muse, butterfly and Buddleia? Your call. If this prompt triggers a piece of memoir, try adding historical detail to set the scene, without labouring the point. For example, you could mention an iconic hairstyle, piece of popular music, or mode of … Continue reading 42 is the Right Answer, Day 6
Hold that thought. Because some time soon, I’ll also be dabbling with other Homonyms and Homophones. Oh yes… Continue reading 42 is the Right Answer, Day 5
Let your imagination run free … Ah, go on! Something’s already sprung to mind, hasn’t it? Continue reading 42 is the Right Answer, Day 4
