What day was it tomorrow? Worn down locked down. We binged on tiger kings and tiger bread so long that I lost time down the back of the sofa along with the TV remote. The sky has been either black or blue. Never grey or white. And now it could be yesterday or it couldContinueContinue reading “Worn Down Locked Down”
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Exciting Writing Prompts #25
Are you stuck indoors hiding from the coronavirus and looking for some exciting writing prompts to keep you busy? Well fear not, here are the prompts that you need for your next writing project! Having a creative challenge might be just what you need to lift your spirits and give you some distraction from theContinueContinue reading “Exciting Writing Prompts #25”
Writing Collaboration #18 – Moving
It seems like forever since I last posted a writing collaboration. I do still have a couple in my inbox, so apologies to anyone who has been waiting for a long time for me to get to them. Life seems so hectic this year and I cannot believe that I have just blinked and itContinueContinue reading “Writing Collaboration #18 – Moving”
New Creative Writing Prompts #24
Hello again poets, playwrights, novelists, and flash fiction writers. Here are this week’s new creative writing prompts. If you are new to this and have never used any of my creative writing prompts in the past, then the rules are very simple. Pick a writing prompt from the selection below. Don’t dwell on it forContinueContinue reading “New Creative Writing Prompts #24”
Creative Writing Prompts #23
“You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club” – Jack London
3 Awesome Writing prompts #22
Today’s 3 awesome writing prompts! The rules as always are that you need to link this post when you share your piece. Other than that, write whatever you want! Don’t dwell on the blank page for too long. In fact, don’t dwell on it at all. Start throwing words at the page and see whatContinueContinue reading “3 Awesome Writing prompts #22”
EU’ll Be Missed
EU’ll be missed
EU’ve always been a friend
(A Field Of) Scapegoats
“We didn’t start the fire”
he said
“they did”
he said
as he pointed
at his field
of scapegoats.
Writing Collaboration #17- Fake Plastic Trees
Square pegs worn down
cardboard cutouts painted up
‘The Finest Example’ Is Live
The Finest Example is officially live. Please give it a visit, and if you like what you see, please follow and share any of the work. I’d love to build a community where writers and artists can contribute and give each other a leg up, so it would mean a lot if any of you that regularly pop in could help the site and the early contributors out with your support.
Writing Prompt #17
Happy new year to creative writers and readers everywhere! Here are your first writing prompts for this brand spanking new year. Please make sure that you link this post if you use any of these creative writing prompts so that other writers can have a go, and so we can all see your amazing pieces.ContinueContinue reading “Writing Prompt #17”
Submissions Wanted for A New Site- Who’s In?
I am toying with an idea. It’s not the most original idea in the world, I want to create and curate a new site for writers and artists. I want to fill it with great works and make sure that the original writer gets the credit for it. Submissions are wanted! The idea is toContinueContinue reading “Submissions Wanted for A New Site- Who’s In?”
Writing Prompt #16
1. Ho, Ho, Fucking Ho!
2. These are not my reindeer.
3. All I wanted for Christmas was global destruction and you bought me an Alexa.
Redacted
I have redacted
the faces
and the names
Writing Collab #11 – Rewinding
As we teeter; Jenga-like totems of our former selves; reminders flood cauterised caches. Photocopies of what we were, what I was, what this was.
Writing Prompt #7
I watched the dawning of creation, and frankly it was…
I can remember everything in the most precise details. But I can’t remember what she looked like.
Writing Prompt #6
Did David definitely dance down Devon, dear?
If you don’t do this, I will…
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Writing Prompt #5
“I can fix the world with one bullet, here’s how…”
You put the lime in the coconut…
Writing Prompt #4
Fortune Favours The….
“I told you, he was already dead when I met him”
Writing Prompt #3
“It wasn’t me!” I said, although it was a lie.
Where was Wendy when we were water-skiing?
Writing Prompt #2
1.The brick forest was crumbling before their very eyes…
2.Tennessee told Terry to totally tear the thing…
DAY 26 – 30 Day Writing Challenge
There we were; I didn’t know what to make. I was at arm’s length and so were you. We both played a game of distance. Separated by awkwardness but united by a desire to connect but not attach.