Surprise homecoming

You arrive back home after a hard day at work and something strange has happened.  You’re not quite sure what at first. Gradually you find out three oddities. What happens next? Do you find out what has happened? Can you put it right?  

 

Step by step

What do you notice first? Which senses do you use for this?

What else do you discover?  

What do you do immediately after your discovery?

Do you find out anything?

What do you try next?

What do you find out eventually?

How do you react to this?

What is the outcome?

 

Other people in your story

First is it really you or are you making up the narrator / point of view person?

Is there an enemy?

Do you have a friend?

Do you have a mentor – this may be not be human.

Remember, what all of these people, you should know what they are like physically, intellectually and emotionally? What is their main motivation in this story? What are their greatest fears? What do they most desire? What do they actually need?

 

Happy writing.       

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Sugar cookie day

 

Article

Do you have a favourite recipe for a biscuit? Could you find out something about the history of biscuit making?  Or something about one of the big biscuit firms?

 

Memoir

Can you remember eating biscuits as a child? Which were your favourites?  Were they a treat or just part of everyday routines? Did you ever buy broken biscuits? Do you remember colourful tins at Christmas time? Were they given as presents?  

 

Poetry

Think about all of those tastes, textures and colours.  Can you really use your senses to create something exquisite here? Is there a feeling of naughtiness when you eat a biscuit?  Could that be the theme for your poem?  

 

Flash

Fiction or creative non-fiction. There are some fantastic names around for biscuits and cookies. Just Google them. Here are a few suggestions: Florentines, millionaire’s shortbread, Viennese whirls, matzo crinkle, garibaldi and forgotten ….. Can you have one of these interesting names feature in your piece of flash?

 

Story or script

You could start with a recipe. Maybe your story is about a biscuit-making session gone wrong. Or a hard-up couple make biscuits to gives as presents and there are interesting consequences. What about a biscuit-making competition at the annual village fete?   Is there rivalry and trickery?     

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