Use all 10 words in a short piece of fiction or non-fiction.

bore
shuffle
link
hostile
alarm
seasonal
flickering
tower
postcard
reference

Let your senses describe rain falling into a puddle.

Use any of the following as the start of a piece of fiction or non-fiction:

1. The day the carnival came to town was always a ………

2. Rain beat steadily down on the rooftop for the fourth day in succession, I’d hoped today it would have stopped, especially as it was………

3. Madeline sat in the front row, notepad balanced on her knee, pen poised against her lip watching the models prance their way down the ………

In tribute to the military personnel of WWII, write a short story entitled "The Battle Over". You don’t have to stick to theme however, just the title.

Which sector of the public services do you admire the most? What is it about them that earns your respect?

Use the following ten words in a piece of fiction or non-fiction. See if you can use them in a piece of 250 words or less!

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Describe a snowflake. If you don’t know firsthand what one looks like, do an internet search for "snowflake photo" and take a look at some of the images you find before doing your exercise, you’ll have to add some creative/logical imagination to the image in order to describe it accurately though.

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Use any of the following as the starting words in a piece of fiction/non-fiction.

1. "Drop it NOW!" the voice behind ………

2. It was the whispering she couldn’t stand, everything else she could take, but the whispering behind her back about ………

3. Weeding was one of the few times Momma ever got to be alone - no-one else wanted to ………

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Write a scene where your character is told that someone he/she cares about has died under suspicious circumstances.

Write an opinion-based letter to your local newspaper (not necessary to send it, just write it!) expressing your opinion on the US election process. This is not about the politics, or the people who are competing for your vote, but the actual process itself.

For those of you who live outside of the USA, write a letter expressing your views on the US system and comparing it with that of your own country’s process.