Monday’s Masterpiece 2 December

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

Today’s challenge is to take inspiration from a work of art and write from it.

The masterpiece choice for today is

Chips Under the Lamp by Malcolm Teasdale

View more of  Malcolm’s work at:

http://www.thehawthorngallery.co.uk/malcolm_teasdale_originals.php

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Words at the Weekend 30 November

The idea of the challenge is to use any one or more of the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem.

For the weekend I am going to give four prompts that can be used individually or together depending on how the creative juices flow. There will be a single word with its definition, a word bank, three phrases and a photograph – all are random so may not connect in anyway but as is the way of randomness they may connect in the creative thought – you never can tell!

This week’s prompts are:

Photograph:

Man Cooking (Photographer Unknown)

Word:

DoyenPronunciation: (doi-EN, DOI-uhn)
Meaning: noun: The senior member of a group, profession, etc.

Phrases:

• Tapping in;

• doing for others;

• unlimited vision

Word bank:

credence; facade; never; application; thing.

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Monday’s Masterpiece 25 November

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

Today’s challenge is to take inspiration from a work of art and write from it.

The masterpiece choice for today is

Cerise by Douglas Newton

View more of  Douglas’work at:

https://www.artfinder.com/artist/douglas-newton/

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Words at the Weekend 23 November

The idea of the challenge is to use any one or more of the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem.

For the weekend I am going to give four prompts that can be used individually or together depending on how the creative juices flow. There will be a single word with its definition, a word bank, three phrases and a photograph – all are random so may not connect in anyway but as is the way of randomness they may connect in the creative thought – you never can tell!

This week’s prompts are:

Photograph:

Shipwreked by Karsun Designs Photography

Word:

Decimate

Pronunciation: (DES-i-mayt)
Meaning: verb tr.: To destroy a large part of something.

Phrases:

• power to create;

• the valley of despair;

• the silent awakening

Word bank:

pregnancy; rights; creditor; evenings; liner.

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Three on Friday 22 November

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

The challenge today offers three quotations to inspire the creative muse, using one, two or all three as a prompt.

The quotations for this week are:

• The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself - Mark Messier

• Fear of sexuality is the new, disease-sponsored register of the universe of fear in which everyone now lives - Susan Sontag

• Lord, what fools these mortals be - William Shakespeare

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Whimsical Wednesday 20 November

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

As a poet I read a lot of poetry and some more on top. I also find one line taken out of context can lead to a whole new dimension of creativity. The idea of this challenge therefore is to create what comes to mind from lines of poetry.

This week’s lines of poetry are:

• There was a racket of dreaming and, though both were tired - The End by Victoria Redel

• When I think of the kiss - The Last Great Country Song by Paul Muldoon

• Not your head, just your eyes - Follow My Fingers with Your Eyes by Adam Possner

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Tuesday’s Thinking 19 Nov

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

Today’s prompt:

Your topic is: good things come in threes

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Words at the Weekend 16/17 November

The idea of the challenge is to use any one or more of the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem.

For the weekend I am going to give four prompts that can be used individually or together depending on how the creative juices flow. There will be a single word with its definition, a word bank, three phrases and a photograph – all are random so may not connect in anyway but as is the way of randomness they may connect in the creative thought – you never can tell!

This week’s prompts are:

Photograph:

Rail Bridge Reflection by David Dalziel

Word:

Bursiform
Pronunciation: (BUHR-suh-form)
Meaning: adjective: Shaped like a pouch or a sac.

Phrases:

• law of love;

• fairy lullabies;

• happiness the hard way

Word bank:

scissors; RSVP; might; ball; campaign.

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Three on Friday 15 November

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

The challenge today offers three quotations to inspire the creative muse, using one, two or all three as a prompt.

The quotations for this week are:

My God, these folks don't know how to love -- that's why they love so easily – D.H. Lawrence

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return – Salman Rushdie

It is the superfluous things for which men sweat – Seneca

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Muse to the Music 14 November

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

The prompt for this challenge is a piece of music, the idea being to share where the music takes you.

This week’s piece is: Himalaya by Malcolm Brown

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Tuesday’s Thinking 12 November

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

Today’s prompt is:

What scares you most about travelling alone?

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Monday’s Masterpiece 11 November

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

Today’s challenge is to take inspiration from a work of art and write from it.

The masterpiece choice for today is:

Dark Night of the Soul by Alana Lake

View more of  Alana's work at:

https://www.artfinder.com/artist/alana-lake/

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Words at the Weekend 9/10 November

The idea of the challenge is to use any one or more of the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem.

For the weekend I am going to give four prompts that can be used individually or together depending on how the creative juices flow. There will be a single word with its definition, a word bank, three phrases and a photograph – all are random so may not connect in anyway but as is the way of randomness they may connect in the creative thought – you never can tell!

This week’s prompts are:

Photograph:

Greatrigg Man by Gerard Tohill

Word:

Gemutlichkeit
Pronunciation: (guh-myoot-lish-KYT, -likh-, -MOOT-)
Meaning: noun: Warm friendliness; comfortableness; coziness.

Phrases:

• question of worthiness;

• always home;

• until I say goodbye

Word bank:

questioning; plate; farm; stand; rent.

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Three on Friday 8 November 2013

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

The challenge today offers three quotations to inspire the creative muse, using one, two or all three as a prompt.

The quotations for this week are:

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town - Michael Ondaatje

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with - Don Marquis

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance - Derek Bok

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Muse to the Music 7 November 2013

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

The prompt for this challenge is a piece of music, the idea being to share where the music takes you.

This week’s piece is: I Don't Speak Human by OMNIA

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Whimsical Wednesday 6 November 2013

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

As a poet I read a lot of poetry and some more on top. I also find one line taken out of context can lead to a whole new dimension of creativity. The idea of this challenge therefore is to create what comes to mind from lines of poetry.

This week’s lines of poetry are:

Where a lover turned and smiled and did more than kiss - Tale of Two Cities by Mark Jarman

As if you could get the last sip of champagne - Borderline Mambo by Rita Dove

striking rock—the spark - Song of Smoke by Kevin Young

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Monday’s Masterpiece 4 November

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

Today’s challenge is to take inspiration from a work of art and write from it.

The masterpiece choice for today is Rembrandt's Lady Friend by Jack Bagley

View more of Jack’s work at:

https://www.artfinder.com/artist/jack-bagley/

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Words at the Weekend 2/3 November

The idea of the challenge is to use any one or more of the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem.

For the weekend I am going to give four prompts that can be used individually or together depending on how the creative juices flow. There will be a single word with its definition, a word bank, three phrases and a photograph – all are random so may not connect in anyway but as is the way of randomness they may connect in the creative thought – you never can tell!

This week’s prompts are:

Photograph: Greenwich Park by Massimo Vitali 

Word: Blitzkrieg

Pronunciation: (BLITS-kreeg) Meaning: noun: 1. An intense campaign, for example, an ad blitz. 2. A swift, sudden military attack, especially aerial bombardment. verb tr.: To attack or destroy in a sudden campaign.

Phrases:

dark night of the soul;

foundations of faith;

the mindful brain

Word bank: freak; justice; emptiness; dealer; hardware.

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Three on Friday 1 November

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

The challenge today offers three quotations to inspire the creative muse, using one, two or all three as a prompt.

The quotations for this week are:

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure – Cyril Connolly

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep – Quentin Crisp

To be no part of any body, is to be nothing – John Donne

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Muse to the Music 31 October

The idea of these challenges is to use the given prompts to create a piece of flash fiction (100-500 words) or a poem

The prompt for this challenge is a piece of music, the idea being to share where the music takes you.

This week’s piece is: North Star by Mike Oldfield

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