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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 – That’s what happens when you
Writing Prompt
First words of a story or poem
"That's what happens when you..."
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...
Emma Claydon – I Knew we were in Trouble when
I knew we were in trouble when the leaves started to change colour and fall. As the seasons changed, we were running out of...
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,...
Lisa Hartley – The Walk of Shame
I knew we were in trouble when the morning light shone through the crack in the curtains. Stale alcohol and thick smoke hung in...
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...
