Thi is a little Christmas something I wrote a couple of years ago and I thought I would re-post it to keep it fresh!Enjoy! Esther is always typically seasonal in her Monday Motivations writing prompts, so this week The theme is Christmas Eve. As I write this I have no idea what to write... So this is... Continue Reading →
NEW PORTION IN BOLD Join us for a progressive writing experiment! Laura from www.todaysdose.wordpress.com and Simon from Planet Simon came up with the idea that we work together on a story 'seed' and let it out into the blogoshpere she has begun the story with only a few paragraphs and a title, I've added a little... Continue Reading →
Join us for a progressive writing experiment! I have begun the story with only a few paragraphs and a title. Let's see where this goes! Laura, guest writer from http://www.todaysdose.wordpress.com She put her face upwards and let the warm water of the shower run over, into her hair, down her body, and around her feet.... Continue Reading →
After three years of my little Halloween stories - I thought Bob's story should carry on! r Bob got up to more tricks in year two and yet more frolics last year. It's at this time of year when the nights draw in, the swirling mist leaks around the village and when the children go... Continue Reading →
After tow years of my little Halloween stories - I thought Bob's story should carry on! Last year Bob got up to more tricks lets see what he does this year! It's at this time of year when the nights draw in, the swirling mist leaks around the village and when the children go... Continue Reading →
I've not done a blog battle for a while, so for a bit of fun I thought I would take part this time and see how it goes. The weeks theme is Darkness. Leaping the Void: The darkness was enveloping her mind and vision. Overloaded with the sensations of sounds and the crippling force that... Continue Reading →
The world now seems different that you're not here. You had some funny ways, but that made you you. You were always happy, laughing, tough in a way but kind. But now you're gone. The world won't be the same. Goodbye Norm. See ya later I hope.
Esther's theme for his weeks Monday Motivations is flashbacks and this gave me a world off opportunities... But I found it had to pick a good one. This is what I came up with: Flashback Sitting on the beach on a warm Autumn day, the sun setting with hues of purple, orange and red. The day... Continue Reading →
Esther's Monday motivation theme this week was darkness and this is the story I came up with: Eternal Darkness We had just left the wormhole that brought us here for a brief time we were in normal space. There it was before us. Our destiny, a circle of blackness, darkness like I had never see before. Even... Continue Reading →
Steve watched eagerly as Preeta entered the courtyard of the light temple Somehow and he wasn't sure how but the monsters were not aware of him. Slowly he made his way forward until he reached the centre of the courtyard. Preeta stood there, he held out hs staff and mumbled some words, the monsters instantly... Continue Reading →
I feel like a ship at low tide. Marooned. The wind my blow but it cannot take me. So like thr ship I wait. Wait for the water to carry me so the wind can push me. When this happens my only limits will be where the wind can take me and the water will... Continue Reading →
Though the darkness of deep space a lone spacecraft moved slowly towards a rippling tear of energy in space. The Atlas, the ship sent to rescue the Tycho and it's crew moved towards its reported position. "We've not been able to pick up the Tycho on sensors Captain and they should be here!" Captain William... Continue Reading →
I know ive left it late but Esther as always runs her Monday Motivations slot and as is seasonally typical the theme was Fireworks. Fireworks: Henry liked to watch the goings on at number 24. Every Thursday Linda would go out with her friends to play Bridge. This normally lasted for a few hours. This left her... Continue Reading →
The moor. Always a cold and unforgiving place, but at this time of year there was an air of power and death about it, as if it wanted to try its best to consume anybody on it. Melissa had got the call about 4pm about deathly moans coming from somewhere near the old village, as... Continue Reading →
After last years little Halloween story - I thought Bob's story should carry on! It's at this time of year when the nights draw in, the swirling mist leaks around the village and when the children go to the front door of anyone with decorations or a pumpkin that the story of Bob is... Continue Reading →
This week Esther set her Monday Motivations challenge around the words Glasses, Blaze and Madness. This is quite a tricky one to combine but I've had a go anyway: Inferno Beep, beep,beep the alarm sounded so distant in Sam's sleep. Not sure if it was a dream he thought the claxons would stop. They didn't stop, slowly... Continue Reading →
I'm trying to keep some posts running through here, I always love writing for Esther's Monday Motivations so while i had chance I thought I would. I hope you're all well and if you guys want to ping me or whether then you know where I am 😀 I'm missing you all by the way... The Goragoth... Continue Reading →
Despite the rise of life to prevent me writing I feel i still need to take part in Esther Monday motivation challenge. This week the challenge is to include Stop what you're doing now! he yelled In to a story of between 50 & 100 words. This is what I came up with: It was only one... Continue Reading →
I stand absorbed by the falling water. Like moments in time they coomr and go so fast. Lost to the pool below, mixed together in an inseparable mix. Yet my pool of thoughts can be separated, in mixed from the rest to bring g back moments in a drop, feelings lost to be rediscovered. Soon... Continue Reading →
I've been busy this week, but I still had to check Esther's Monday motivation. This week is an interesting one, the phrase to use in a 50 - 100 word story is "it was over" Here's my piece on it: Surviving the end: They had been waiting for weeks for it to come. Now Adams and the... Continue Reading →
I'm going to try and stay in the word limit for this week's Esther Newton - Monday Motivation. Thanks as always to Esther for running this, she's very encouraging. This week the theme is: If she didn’t stop doing that soon, he was going to kill her. The Wallet In life there are moments you want the Earth to... Continue Reading →
Esther has really pushed the boat out this week, with three lines to be included in here Monday Motivations challenge: Write a flash fiction piece of between 50-200 words with the following three lines in it somewhere. The lines don’t have to follow on from one another: The glass smashed to the floor He was... Continue Reading →
Steve was lost for words as he watched Mike walking towards him, Sword drawn. "Steve, it would be best for us all if you just throw the key over!" Mike told him, in a threatening tone. "No - put the sword down!" She told him. Mike lifted the sword and at that point there was... Continue Reading →
Esther Newton runs her weekly Monday Motivation post to inspire the budding writers around her to generate a small piece of writing. This week the theme is: I hadn’t thought that would happen. So what was I going to do now? This is what I came up with: Radio Troubles: The radio wasn't badly damaged, but even so... Continue Reading →
Esther's Monday motivation was delivered to my inbox this morning. Esther has frequently encouraged me to take part in one of her short story writing prompts, so I thought today I would. Esther's prompt post is here: Monday Motivations - "This was a matter of life or death" The prompt is to include the line "This... Continue Reading →
