Inventory of prompts I write to

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Below in response to Kate’s request is a list of the prompts I frequent.

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The links are to the most recent prompts: The times are Australian time when I receive them.

Sunday:Sunday Writing Prompt

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/sunday-writing-prompt-select-a-heading/

This prompt can range from the type shown or it can be based on an image, or a statement, it varies from week to week. There no word limits and you can use any form you like, poetry or prose.

Monday: Wordle

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/05/28/wordle-198-wordle-mlmm-amwriting/

This is a great challenge as there are twelve words or phrases and you are invited to compose a story or poem using ten of the words. There are no word limits.

Tuesday:Photo Challenge

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/05/29/photo-challenge-216/

Each Tuesday a new image is presented for you to write a story or poem to. No word limit.

Wednesday: Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille

For all haiku lovers this challenge has a…

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge – Week 38 6-1-2018

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge

Welcome to Week 38!

It is a colliage this week. Writers will connect to it easily.

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So, let the fingers align to imagination, and bang on the keyboard.  The format can be a a story/poem/rant/anecdotes/journalistic coverage of events/ reflections as usual.

Pour out, and let it flow …. 

LAST WEEK’S ROUND UP

Eugenia at

http://amanpan.com/2018/05/18/habitude-u-turns/

Michael at

http://summerstommy.com/2018/05/19/reenas-exploration-challenge-week-37/

Hecblogger (Amit Agrawal) at

https://playingwithwords.blog/2018/05/18/closure-2/

‘What if we all cared’ at

https://whatifweallcared.wordpress.com/2018/05/20/pt-29-catacombs-and-apparitions/

Reena Saxena at

https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/flippant-formats/


He wasn’t quite positive he was sane, but it was a working hypothesis. Insanity, after all, would be an inconvenience which he didn’t need at the moment. It wasn’t like he talked to himself or anything. He talked to the imaginary people around him, but that was just a hazard of the trade. Who was he to argue? They were friends and one naturally spoke to friends.

“Do you often feel the…

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 39

Welcome to Week 39! This week, I give you a poem, and you write a piece in any format based on that thought process. Go against the flow, if that is what you genuinely feel, and make your point. Eagerly await your unique response to the prompt.   LAST WEEK’S ROUND UP LadyLee Manila at … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 39

Summers of yore….

The intense heat that we are being subjected to this year, takes me back to a childhood when we survived without air conditioning. Summer vacations were spent with our grandparents. I could spend hours in my grandfather’s library, with just a wall-mounted fan above the desk. Ice lollies were a treat we looked forward to, … Continue reading Summers of yore….

Not an easy job

“The color of her blood was the least of my worries…” The color of her dress did matter. The world media would be following this event, and every little detail would be analysed. Last week, there was speculation about her wearing a recycled dress with button sewed on the sleeves. I couldn’t risk it again. It … Continue reading Not an easy job

A warm breakfast

He had been warned by his mother not to take this route. But the place was calm and quiet early in the morning, and he liked riding on his bicycle, on his way to buy milk and eggs for breakfast. The ‘women in cages’ were fast asleep, and there were just a few faces trying … Continue reading A warm breakfast

The boat that never arrived

It was her first yacht party, and she was a tad nervous. Her boyfriend Sid claimed to have filthy rich friends, and promised her a wild night out on the sea. Seeing her discomfiture, Sid assured that she could leave whenever she wanted, and he’d call the boat to take her to the shore. The … Continue reading The boat that never arrived

Family Secrets

The child-bride heard stories in hushed tones – of treasures ensconced between thick walls of the ‘haveli’, which was her marital home. She was told there was a curse on anyone who tried to extricate it – those who ventured died a premature death. She lost her husband. The child bride became a child widow. … Continue reading Family Secrets