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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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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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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Words at the Weekend 26/27 October

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: Circumspection by Delia Lendecski

Circumspection by Delia Lendecski

Word: kulturkampf
Pronunciation:  (kool-TOOR-kahmpf)
Meaning: noun: A cultural conflict, especially one religious in nature.

Phrases:

• decorating life

• light of the party

• we know you are a spy

Word bank: ambivalent; stockpile; attorney; bout; phone.

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Words at the Weekend 19/20 October

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: Coming and Going from National Archives of Norway

Word: Kaffeeklatsch
Pronunciation: (KAH-fee-klach)
Meaning: noun: An informal social gathering for coffee and conversation

Phrases:

• unseen power

• no hard edges

• blessings from miracles

Word bank: wearing; timely; crest; decade; process.

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Words at the Weekend – 12-13 October

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: Curbar Edge by Les Wilcockson

Word: wunderkind
Pronunciation: (VOON-duhr-kind, wun-)
Meaning: noun: 1. A child prodigy. 2. A person who achieves great success early in the career.

Phrases:

• loving the light

• meeting halfway 

• crawl into the future

Word bank: body; Argentina; investigator; box; lighthearted

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Words at the Weekend – 05-06 October 2013

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: Glamping by MaryAD Art

Word: cautelous
Pronunciation: (KOT-uh-luhs)
Meaning: adjective: 1. Cautious. 2. Crafty.

Phrases:

• path to bliss

• small gestures

• truths of the heart

Word bank: rite; supervisor; dubbed; housing; nervous.

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Words at the Weekend – 28-29 September 2013

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: Black Panther by Sue Demetriou
 

Black Panther by Sue Demetriou

Word: pervicacious
Pronunciation: (puhr-vi-KAY-shuhs)
Meaning: adjective: Very stubborn.

Phrases:

• voice of quiet

• It was happening. It was real. It was tonight.

• boundaries of experience

Word bank: craftsmanship; whopper; norm; mastermind; yardstick.

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Words at the Weekend – 21-22 September 2013

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: Light on the Mountain by Andrea Visca

Word: obambulate

Pronunciation: (o-BAM-byuh-layt)

Meaning: verb intr.: To walk about.

Phrases:

primed to proceed

opening a closed door

circling the wagons

Word bank: incinerate; detail; sweet; trickle; eager.

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