Winter comfort Low sun slides behind fells, it’s time to light the fire. Ash in the drawer is colder than death. I scrape it into the bucket. Five kindling pieces and a firelighter built in a shape that reminds me of a trebuchet. Two small dry logs. One match. No more. From haunches watch flames […]
Growthful – 100 words
Growthful Ping. New email informs me that the deal of the day is another audiobook promising to solve me – this time by showing me how to fix unhappiness to live my best life. It clamoured to join the others in a library of accusations about the: paths not travelled at all, friends neither won […]
Hyperbole – 100 words
Hyperbole The worst thing ever is: yawning upstairs to find you didn’t put the sheets back on paper cuts the last loo roll square misplaced apostrophe’s bass beats leaking from headphones calls about your recent traffic accident steaming coffee, stale milk realising you clicked ‘reply all’ just when it’s too late… and that your mic […]
Planned outage – 100 words
Planned outage Gosh, it’s quiet only cars shushing past and the flop of a dog toasting her other flank in a sun splat. Get-things-clean machines stopped burping. Heat-things-up-machines are chilly. No clicks and rattles from keep-it-cool machines. The voice in brain, though, is still shrill. What are you going to do now? Maybe I could […]
Crunch – 100 words
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 […]
Key Factors That Stifle A Writer’s Creativity
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 […]
Five little letters – 100 words
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, […]
A fishy tale – 100 words
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 […]