Imagine your perfect garden - now describe it so that a blind person can “see” your vision?

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Dom reached out as far as he could, but ..

Dakota sighed gently as she watched the ..

“Oh yeah right! Whatever!” Monica muttered, turning away from her boss with the ..

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Write an opinionated letter to your local newspaper that takes a stance for or against stores opening on Easter Sunday.

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Use all of the following words in a piece of fiction or non-fiction

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On Easter Sunday I always organize a treasure hunt for my boys. Despite the thought processes involved in setting this up, we all get a lot of enjoyment from it.

What Easter traditions do you have in your home/family? Make a list, and then write a piece of fiction that incorporates one of them.

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What’s your favorite read (fiction, non-fiction, newspaper etc), and why?

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The only rule about story seeds is that you choose one of the following as your opening in a piece of fiction or non-fiction. After that, you’re free to take the writing wherever it chooses to go.

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Set your watch, clock, kitchen timer for 15 minutes and putting the title at the top of the page “The Inner Temple” start writing until the 15 minutes is up. What you write is up to you - the title is only there to get your creativity thinking.

Today write an advertisement for the perfect job you’d love to have! Remember to consider that space is money and so the advertisement needs to give all the relevant information whilst keeping it to the point. How few words can you manage to convey the perfect in?

Use each of the ten words in a piece of fiction or non-fiction. The order doesn’t matter as long as you don’t miss any out. For an added challenge can you use them in context and in a short short story of less than 500 words?

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