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Free 19th Literature Booklet
WRITING PROMPTS
Writing Prompts – If I’d known then
Writing Prompt
First words for a story or poem
If I’d known then what I know now, I never would have…
Writing Prompts – The Box
Some questions to get you started:
Where is the box?
Who owns to box?
What's in the box?
How did it get there?
COMPETITION ENTRIES
Oshiokhe Esther Momodu – Home Alone
I knew we were in trouble when I heard an upsetting sound, like feet tapping on a hardcore tiled floor. Godwin stared at me...
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...
Adel Belova – Women of Pleasure
This is one of the winning entries in the November 2018 writing competition.
I knew we were in trouble when Lady Hanako’s screeches of pain...
Amber Springer – A Birthday Surprise
I knew we were in trouble when she walked into the kitchen,
Where my brother and I were just trying to pitch in.
Covered in flour,...
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...
