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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 – 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…
COMPETITION ENTRIES
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,...
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...
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...
Hashim Perez – I Knew we were in Trouble when
This is one of the winning entries in our November 2018 writing competition.
I knew we were in trouble when we couldn’t distinguish between real...
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...
