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Category: writing prompts

Thursday 23 Mar 2023: A glorious day

23 March 2023 Diane writing prompts

I woke up to a glorious day yesterday. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, next door had washing blowing on the line, and Rufus wanted to just sit on the lawn or roll on his ‘fetch’. When I

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Wednesday 1 Mar 2023: Hello March + Writing prompts

1 March 2023 Diane writing prompts

We had a bit of a struggle getting to the show on Monday night. We’d timed it really well and knew that if we left the house at 5:30pm, we’d have time to drive to Meadowhall, have something to eat,

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Wednesday 15 Feb 2023: Unexpected day off + Writing prompts

15 February 2023 Diane writing prompts

I seem to have inadvertently taken a day off yesterday. I worked late Monday night to submit Part 3 of the ghostwriting job and finished at 2:30am Tuesday morning. That, of course, meant that I slept in on Tuesday and

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Wednesday 8 Feb 2023: Almost clear + Writing prompts

8 February 2023 Diane writing prompts

I caught up on some date work over the weekend and now I’ve had time to let some of the ideas percolate, I came back to it yesterday morning and chose a few I might have a go at for

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Wednesday 25 Jan 2023: Date work + Writing prompts

25 January 2023 Diane writing prompts

The Scrivener/Save the Cat webinar wasn’t quite what I was expecting, but it was a free seminar and there was still some useful stuff in there. I just would have liked to see more about how to use Save the

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Writing Prompts: 1 June 2022

1 June 2022 Diane writing prompts

I try to work roughly 4 months ahead because the majority of my writing markets are quick to take work from me and publish it. Many markets, however, already have their content planned for up to a year. Quicker writers

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Writing Prompts: 30 March 2022

30 March 2022 Diane writing prompts

Wednesday Writing Prompts are back, but renamed simply Writing Prompts. This is so I don’t feel obliged to do one every week, especially when I’m snowed under doing other, paying work. Six months away Personally, I try to work roughly

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Writing Prompts: 23 March 2022

23 March 2022 Diane writing prompts

Wednesday Writing Prompts are back, but renamed simply Writing Prompts. This is so I don’t feel obliged to do one every week, especially when I’m snowed under doing other, paying work. Six months away Personally, I try to work roughly

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Writing Prompts: 16 March 2022

16 March 2022 Diane writing prompts

Wednesday Writing Prompts are back, but renamed simply Writing Prompts. This is so I don’t feel obliged to do one every week, especially when I’m snowed under doing other, paying work. Six months away Personally, I try to work roughly

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Writers’ ideas: where to find them

5 January 2022 Diane writing prompts

Wednesdays will be regular weekly writing prompts again soon, but as I haven’t had chance yet to search any dates, here’s a connected post I made earlier… Ideas are all around, but how do you capture them? In the next

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Wednesday writing prompts

1 September 2021 Diane writing prompts

(Image by JohnNico from Pixabay) I’m away this week, but here’s one I prepared earlier. Short and sweet once again, but here are this week’s writing prompts. The Swallow Sidecar Company One hundred years ago next year, on 4 September 1922, William Walmsley

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Wednesday writing prompts

25 August 2021 Diane writing prompts

I missed another week, so here is another list of dates, this time for the second half of the month, for you to research and brainstorm for yourselves. Choose a topical date or an evergreen, and consider writing an article,

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Wednesday writing prompts

11 August 2021 Diane writing prompts

8 August is International Cat Day (Image by Pexels from Pixabay) I missed last week, so here is a list of dates for the first half of the month for you to research and brainstorm for yourselves. Choose a topical

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Wednesday writing prompts

28 July 2021 Diane writing prompts

007 meets Queen Elizabeth II Ten years ago next year, on 27 July 2012, secret agent James Bond escorted Queen Elizabeth II to the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. It was such a scoop getting both Her Majesty and

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Wednesday writing prompts

21 July 2021 Diane writing prompts

Image by Lee Sommers from Pixabay Commercial whaling ban Forty years ago next year, on 23 July 1982, the International Whaling Commission voted for a total ban on commercial whaling from 1985. How did that go? How long did it

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