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Hi, My mind is overflowing- I got to twenty thousand words in my WIP last night. Yesterday’s character has a lot of words, today’s has far fewer but they are on their way. There are more. I have no idea how many ‘main’ characters I have, but it might be four or five or six…

Someone, somewhere 1 This week, a little collection of prompts that will hopefully give anyone a head start with some creative writing. My lovely friend and ex colleague mentioned to me that she needed something a bit more concrete than my usual vagueness, so these are for her, and anyone else who would enjoy a…

June Week 1Super moonPhoto from ABC network. It’s half term week for some of us in the first week of June. I missed seeing this particular full moon-it was hidden behind clouds. The prompt for this week, at least until I find some energy to think of more, is to find a little ritual in…

May Week 3 I keep thinking I should post something ‘bright’ but it wouldn’t be true- I just feel a bit more like a quaking aspen against a storm sky than a peony about to bloom. I have had 7 submissions (THANK YOU!)for the summer relaunch of Scribbles- a Creative writing collection. It’s exciting and…

ANNOUNCEMENT:SUBMISSIONS WANTED Hi! I’ve missed our newsletter (e-zine?), so it’s back! A summer edition, celebrating all the wonderful creativity in this little community. Submit your words or images via DM or email submissions@rachaelscribbles.com Everyone included in the e-zine (Newsletter) will be entered into a draw to win one of (hopefully) several creative prizes. The theme…

Sounds. Things are starting to settle a tiny tiny bit over here. We’re all finding our way with the puppy, and her with us. But I’ve felt depleted from a lack of time to write. So, in it’s place I’m making the most of the beautiful weather (it’s wet but mild where I am) and…

Waning. Today I spent a really lovely hour discussing and writing about ‘Follower’ by Seamus Heaney with a group of 15yr olds. I also had a wonderful chat with a colleague about T. S Eliot. I know lots of you will understand how lucky I feel on days like this, even when I have been…

Week 3, 4, some time towards the end of April. Painting by Lara Cobden ‘She made her way home through a carpet of stars.’ @laracobden One of the first memories I have of making up stories comes from sleeping over at my grandparents’ house. They had a wall mounted tick-tock clock, musical China dolls and oil…

This is extremely late- I find it a lot easier to quickly post on Instagram, so if you can follow me there, you won’t miss anything. But, hopefully these prompts will work for you at anytime. So enjoy this one from a couple of weeks ago. I’d love to read anything you write, I’ll be…

Download here: Remember you could have read this two weeks ago! Subscribe on my Homepage or email/DM to be put on to the mailing list. I don’t have much more to say other than I would absolutely love to hear what you think of it- as a whole or individual pieces, it’s always really nice…