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2024 Prompts
19 Feb – I forget 4 March – Take me there 18 March – And now for something completely unexpected 15 April – Immerse yourself 29 April – Cliffhanger 20 May – Additions/Subtractions (eg: Sipped shipped skipped slipped snipped stripped striped) June 3 – June 17 – July 1 – July 15 – July 29…
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Prompt: … and then the murders began
Monday 30 October 2023 11am-1pm Nothing disturbing about this prompt at all. Nope. Move along. Move along. _______________________________ After the usual updates and chit-chat, we’ll get into our readings (prioritising the 500 word (ish) stories first before anything longer, to ensure everyone gets a go and we aren’t rushed). 500 is a good word limit…
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Prompt: Good Advice
Monday 16 October 2023 11am-1pm Mmmmmm, I’ll take that on board. _______________________________ After the usual updates and chit-chat, we’ll get into our readings (prioritising the 500 word (ish) stories first before anything longer, to ensure everyone gets a go and we aren’t rushed). 500 is a good word limit to aim for (add or subtract…
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Welcome
Hello. Welcome to the Creative Writers Carindale’s home away from home. Creative Writers Carindale meet on the odd Mondays (1st, 3rd and 5th) from 11am-1pm at the Carindale Library … which makes us MODDs! Find out more about us on, well, our About Us page. We also are on the book of faces: https://www.facebook.com/groups/creativewriterscarindale/
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Prompt: Misunderstood
Monday 4 September 2023 11am-1pm I can assure you, our intentions are good. _______________________________ After the usual updates and chit-chat, we’ll get into our readings (prioritising the 500 word (ish) stories first before anything longer, to ensure everyone gets a go and we aren’t rushed). 500 is a good word limit to aim for (add…
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Prompt: Wattle
Monday 21 August 2023 11am-1pm To celebrate National Wattle Day (1 September), let’s put this Australian icon front and centre. The wattle symbolises optimism, resilience, renewal, diversity and unity. _______________________________ After the usual updates and chit-chat, we’ll get into our readings (prioritising the 500 word (ish) stories first before anything longer, to ensure everyone gets…
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Prompt: Poetry
Monday 7 August 2023 11am-1pm Will you write a poem?What sort of poem?We’ve had some fun poems in the past: haiku, limerick, acrostic, bush ballad. Will it be a revisitation or something new? Or will you write about writing a poem?Or write about a poet who is writing a poem?Or write about a poet who…
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Prompt: Story in a Dream
Monday 31 July 2023 11am-1pm A story in a dream? Don’t you mean … a dream? Who knows? That’s what’s so great about a prompt – what does this prompt mean to you? _______________________________ After the usual updates and chit-chat, we’ll get into our readings (prioritising the 500 word (ish) stories first before anything longer,…
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Prompt: Whispers
Monday 17 July 2023 11am-1pm Shhhhhhhhhhh! _______________________________ After the usual updates and chit-chat, we’ll get into our readings (prioritising the 500 word (ish) stories first before anything longer, to ensure everyone gets a go and we aren’t rushed). 500 is a good word limit to aim for (add or subtract 10%), but if you feel…
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Prompt: Personal Evolution
Monday 3 July 2023 11am-1pm As The Doctor once said: We all change, when you think about it, we’re all different people; all through our lives, and that’s okay, that’s good, you’ve gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. Matt Smith, as the 11th Doctor says…
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Prompt: What they say versus what we saw
Monday 19 June 2023 11am-1pm Why not “he said, she said”? Because this is much more interesting, ok? What differs between what you saw and what they said? After the usual updates and chit-chat, we’ll get into our readings (prioritising the 500 word (ish) stories first before anything longer, to ensure everyone gets a go…
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