Inspiration point (IP)
My son and I were wondering what it might be like if a gentle person managed to fend off a Viking attacker and the Valkyries took them to Valhalla instead. He suggested that this might make a good IP. So, here it is - write about being in an Unexpected Place!
I hope this helps stir your imagination, and look forward to reading the results
Inspiration point
The outline
Some dreams never arrive, and yet they leave a trace - the clean-edged hollow of what might have been. We speak of emptiness as if it’s nothing, but...
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It ain’t where you’re from, it’s where you’re at
We tell ourselves we want change. We stare across the divide at that other life - greener, cleaner, fuller, freer - and we feel the ground beneath us...
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Riddles
In 1984, Nick Kershaw’s The Riddle was in the charts - a mysterious, catchy song full of apparently profound but entirely nonsensical lyrics. It...
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A Puzzling Story

And a puzzled reader.
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5p.
Was walking past one of my favourite jewellery shops, when I noticed they had a sale on. There was something I recently wanted to buy, I wondered if...
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