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Crunch – 100 words

January 17, 2023 By Ellen

Crunch White glows at the edge of predawn blinds. Aliens landing? Nearly as exciting: it’s snowing! Acid sharp inhales and, eventually, blue light that draws the mountains closer. Crunch. Snowballs tight packed and launched on the way to school, put your big coat on… and your gloves. But snowballs are banned. Aye right. Crunch. First […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, cold, creative writing, snow, weather

Key Factors That Stifle A Writer’s Creativity

January 17, 2023 By Ellen

Creative writing is the foundation for a successful career as an author. It allows you to generate new ideas and perspectives to produce unique and engaging work. Without it, you may find yourself stuck in a rut, repeating the same ideas. 10% of creative writing graduates make it into relevant field sectors. Creativity allows you […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: advice, writing

Five little letters – 100 words

January 16, 2023 By Ellen

Five little letters If you wordle, do you brag when you get the thing in three, or fewer? The silly little poser sets your day off smiling if all the squares go green. How very clever you are. But what about those horrid mornings when you’ve got the hateful something, R, A, something, E: Grace, […]

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A fishy tale – 100 words

January 15, 2023 By Ellen

A fishy tale I don’t think about kippers very often, but there they were in the fridge with their dead eyes and yellow label. A weekend breakfast: how nice! I remembered smoky sweet flesh and views over harbours. Warm them in a jug of boiling water – why a jug? I wonder – then serve […]

Filed Under: 365, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, fillet, fish, kippers

Saturday song – 100 words

January 14, 2023 By Ellen

Saturday song The trouble with tired is that, in theory, it’s perfectly natural: we are only meat and ideas and electricity and need our rest as much as our tea and cake. But often, the little weary voice ‘I’m knackered, leave me be’ is drowned by the drum thumps of needs-to-be-done and the shrieking hullabaloo […]

Filed Under: 365, other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, rest

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