Use all of the 10 words listed below in a piece of fiction or non-fiction.   The order doesn’t matter, all that matters is that you use them all.

• Accelerate
• Copious
• Fluid
• Jaded
• Mundane
• Plastic
• Rustic
• Savannah
• Traumatized
• Windchimes

Write a scene where a character faces some kind of moral dilemma, what do they do about it? 

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Get yourself settled, set the timer for 15 minutes and then write anything that comes into your mind on the following title:

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What’s your favorite thing to eat?  Describe it.  How does it look, how does it taste, how does it make you feel, is it healthy for  you - and do you care?  Write about the food that satisfies you the most.

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This morning you’re the reporter for a local newspaper.  Your editor tells you there’s a chest of coins that’s been found by a construction team whilst they were setting the foundations for a new school.  You’re to find the story? 

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Use each of the following words in a single piece of fiction or non-fiction.  Try and keep it between 350 and 500 words!

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Today describe how you brush your teeth.  No, not how many times and why you should do this, but the physical action of brushing your teeth.  How do you do it?   Read it back aloud and if possible, follow the steps you describe.  Did you get it right?  Or do you need to edit it a little?

This morning take a look at something that’s happened in your life where the weather played a major role – either positively or negatively - and write about it. 

Start your writing with any of the following - or if you’re really looking for a challenge, why not use one to start and one (or both of the others) in the main piece!

1. Manda stared around the bar, it was …….
2. The ferry was fading into the distance, taking with it her ……
3. Bethany shimmied into ……