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WRITING PROMPTS
Writing Prompts – The Door
Some questions to get you started:
Where is the door?
Who opens the door?
What's behind the door?
Writing Prompts – Last Summer
Writing Prompt
First words for a story or poem....
"Last summer " ....
COMPETITION ENTRIES
Olufunke Ayoola – I Knew we were in Trouble
I knew we were in trouble when I could hear the sound of Dad’s black work shoes. The sound of clattering, of a galloping...
Maxine Makeba – No Fear
I knew we were in trouble when I gave residence to fear in my life.
Fear, don’t you dare come near me
In my passion to...
Molly Quell – I knew we were in Trouble
I knew we were in trouble when the rain started. Lauren only agreed to this camping trip after I asked her for months. She’d...
Ikrah Bukuru – I knew we were in Trouble
I knew we were in trouble when,
The innocent bird tumbled into the unrevealed den,
Attached to the ground like a stamp that was disguised by...
CLASSIC INSPIRATION
The Yellow Wallpaper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"The Yellow Wallpaper", written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was published in 1892. The story concentrates on the experience of the narrator who is taken...
The Dead – James Joyce
"The Dead", the final story in the collection, Dubliners, written by James Joyce, was published in 1914. The story focuses on Gabriel Conroy and...
