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Saturday Writing Prompt - 28th January - Leftovers

Jan 28, 20231 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 28th January - Leftovers

The meal is eaten, the guests have left. What happens to the leftovers? How to use this prompt: Using the image create a short story or...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 21st January - Conversation

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Jan 21, 20231 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 21st January - Conversation

Dialogue exercise - write their topics of conversation. How to use this prompt: Using the image create a short story or poem about...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 14th January - Winter Palace

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Jan 14, 20231 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 14th January - Winter Palace

Incorporate a winter palace into a poem or short story. How to use this prompt: Using the image create a short story or poem about...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 7th January - New Year Goals

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Jan 7, 20231 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 7th January - New Year Goals

You, or your character, are tasked with creating New Year goals for two of your friends. What are they? How to use this prompt: Using...

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Mandy Eve-Barnett

Jan 6, 20232 min read

One Last Memory

Alice picked old books off the bookshelf disturbing a layer of dust. No one will want them after I’m gone. What a shame, all those...

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Mandy Eve-Barnett

Jan 6, 20233 min read

Riches Promised

The treed avenue held an air of bleakness in the depths of winter, bare branches like broken fingers stretched into the overcast sky, the...

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Mandy Eve-Barnett

Jan 6, 20231 min read

Art of Expression

Expression of creativity Idea to form Flows from mind to medium Ability to transform Clay molded and shaped Paint spread with brushes...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 31st December - Returned Gift

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Dec 31, 20221 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 31st December - Returned Gift

Write about having to return or exchanging a gift. How to use this prompt: Using the image create a short story or poem about returning...

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Henry Martell

Dec 30, 202214 min read

January 2023 Muse

January 2023 January Writers Muse Published by the Writers Foundation of Strathcona County “There are perhaps no days of our childhood...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 24th December - A Favorite Ornament

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Dec 24, 20221 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 24th December - A Favorite Ornament

Write about your favorite Xmas ornament and why. How to use this prompt: Using the image create a short story or poem incorporating...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 17th December - Horse Show

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Dec 17, 20221 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 17th December - Horse Show

Your (or your character) attend a horse show. How to use this prompt: Using the image create a short story or poem incorporating them....

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Henry Martell

Dec 12, 202214 min read

December 2022 Muse

December 2022 November Writers Muse Published by the Writers Foundation of Strathcona County “There are perhaps no days of our childhood...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 10th December - Chocolate Box

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Dec 10, 20221 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 10th December - Chocolate Box

Write a poem or short story with the central theme of a box of chocolates. How to use this prompt: Using the image create a short story...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 3rd December - What's Cooking?

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Dec 3, 20221 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 3rd December - What's Cooking?

You enter the kitchen - the aroma is delightful - what's cooking? How to use this prompt: Using the image create a short story or poem...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 26th November - Puddle

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Nov 26, 20221 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 26th November - Puddle

Describe the childlike joy of splashing in a puddle. How to use this prompt: Using the image create a short story or poem incorporating...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 19th November - Rock House

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Nov 19, 20221 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 19th November - Rock House

This is the setting for your story/poem - a rock house. Who lives there and why? What are the difficulties in living here? How to use...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 12th November - What a View

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Nov 12, 20221 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 12th November - What a View

Your character comes across this signpost and view - describe them, their hike and the view. How to use this prompt: Using the image...

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Henry Martell

Nov 7, 202213 min read

November Muse

November 2022 November Writers Muse Published by the Writers Foundation of Strathcona County “There are perhaps no days of our childhood...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 5th November - This Old House

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Nov 5, 20221 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 5th November - This Old House

The house was unusual and it's inhabitants were... How to use this prompt: this is your starting sentence for this prompt. Where will you...

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Saturday Writing Prompt - 29th October - Ghosts

Mandy Eve-Barnett

Oct 29, 20221 min read

Saturday Writing Prompt - 29th October - Ghosts

You awake to see two shadow beings on your old English hotel room - what happens next? How to use this prompt: Using the picture and...

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