Liskeard Writers Group

Chronological History of Assignments & Short Exercises

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Date
YYYYMMDD. Prompt / Assignment Title Flash Exercise

20210202 "From a Picture or Object/Ornament from home."

20210119 "Open subject - Choose own Topic."

20210105 "A Magical Creature."

20201201 "It all started last Wednesday."

20201117 Technology.

20201103 Fireworks.

20201020 Halloween or A Spooky Story.

20201006 Falling Leaves.

20200915 Use a character from a book in another situation / genre / book.

20200901 Choose from: 1. The call of cold water / 2. Finding a way back home / 3. The mysterious sound of silence.

20200818 Open subject of your own choice.

20200804 Isolation.

20200721 She’s on the move again.

20200707 Extreme Gardening.

20200616 Brave New World.

20200602 Childhood’s End.

20200519 Hazelnuts.

20200505 Lock Down.

20200421 Country Lanes.

20200407 (The) Ink-Blot (Test).

20200317 The crowd couldn't quite take in what had happened.

20200303 Chickens.

20200218 Love.

20200204

20200121 From a picture of 'A Duckling, Daisies, A Butterfky and A Ladybird'

20200107 Frostbite, Jack Frostbite.

20191217

20191203 The Title of the Book.

20191119

20191105

20190820 'Sing a song of sixpence'

20190806 I Should've Worn My Wellies.

20190716

20190702 Somewhere in Cornwall.

20190618 In The Waiting Room / Bedside Manner.

20190604 You find a satchel on a path in the forest...

20190521 write a letter of apology for the non attendance at an event, and then use that as the basis for your story.

20190507 The Crown Jewels.

20190416 choose a photo from calendar and write a story about it bring picture in with story.

20190402 A murder mystery story.

20190319

20190305 Message in a Bottle.

20190219 To put 3 words into a story. The 3 words are pen, book and glasses.

20190205

20190122 The Perpetual Calendar.

20190108 Something to do with a Fairytale.

20181016 It’s been that sort of day.

20181002 A knock on the door.

20180919 Summer’s End / Autumn’s Arrival.

20180904 The streets were deserted. Where was everyone?

20180821 They say I’m a traitor, maybe I am; all I know is that I did what I had to do.

20180807 Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

20180717 Either ‘The Old Stag’ or ‘An Old Tooth’

20180703 King Doniert or something upon a public house or restaurant.

20180619 Socks.

20180605 A journey from Liskeard to somewhere on the Cornish Coast. Your own choice of transport.

20180515 Pick a piece of good dialogue from a book. Then base a story upon that extract. to write from the point of view of an animal)

20180501 Each member took a pink slip of paper to write down a character description as brief or detailed as they wished, and a blue slip of paper to note down a location or scene, again description as brief or detailed as they wished, these were folded and placed in the centre of the table and shuffled for each member to then take one of each as the prompt for their next story. e.g. my selection was “Character (pink): A Tramp, male or female, Interesting history and not poor. Location (blue): Farm Building, Development in surrounding area, River and woodland nearby, Proposed new road.”

20180417 A name? A month? Something else?

20180403 The Humane Rat Trap.

20180320 ‘Used Teabags.’

20180306 "The Bizarre Happening."

20180220 The Magic Ring.

20180206 "What we found in the loft" / ‘Childhood Memories.’

20180116 ‘in salting or pickling beef.'

20171107 "A Shoe Horn."

20170919 Open Subject to allow for our writers to present work from their novells, personal projects or memoires

20170801 "The Storm."

20170718 "A Bog or Marsh."

20170418

20170404 Open Subject to allow for our writers to present work from their novells, personal projects or memoires .

20170221 To write a story based on a favourite piece of music or song (or on one verse if too long).

20161004 To write a story or scene within a genre that is not in your normal comfort zone. The piece could be about any subject that presents a challenge to the writer.

20160816 to write a story or scene, choosing a specific literary/book/film character which the whole group might be familiar with (not easy). The point of the piece is to do a 'prequel' i.e. the story/scene should be something from before that character appears in the book/film.

20170516 "A small terrier (dog)."

20170502 "You can't run from the shadow, but you can invite it to dance." "Unwelcome Intruder"

20170418 is an open theme, to write a story based on an idea of your own. "Egg shaped container / trinket" originally produced using a 3D printer

20170404 "a very old childs boot" found in the overgrown part of the garden of a minors cottage

20170321 Choose between "A Rugby Match Photograph" or "I / She / He / They Dread the sound of the key in the lock".

>20170307 "A sense of smell (Aroma)"

>20170221 "A piece of Music." "On entering the grove of Oak trees"

20170207 "A favourite Poem." Ten Minute Exercise 1 : "Out of the Blue"
Ten Minute Exercise 2 : "Let's take a walk."

20170117 "He'd never noticed that door before."

20161220 Flash Fiction (500 words) about - "T'was the night before Christmas."

20161206 "A Sat Nav" and "The Remote's Gone"

20161115 Open, to make your own choice of genre and suggestion / idea.
Finalise and practice the stories you will be presenting at the Festival on 12th November. Venue ~ St. Nicolas Church, Parish of St Martin

20161101 Finalise and arrange the stories to be presented at the Looe Literary Festival on 12th November.
Venue confirmed as the St. Nicolas Church, West Looe, at 15:30 (half past three).

20161018 Pre-reading of the stories to be presented at the Looe Literary Festival on 12th November.
to obtain timings for each piece and practice in the Gallery room.

20161004 Write a story or scene within a new genre, one that is not in your normal comfort zone.
The piece could be about any subject that presents a challenge to the writer.

20160920 Practice reading of the stories to be presented at the Looe Literary Festival on 12th November.

20160906 A story or scene, based on A well known or favourite piece of art (painting or sculpture) of which the whole group might be familiar with (again not easy to guess).
The piece could be about the sculpture/scene or something from the character of the artist as he was making it.

20160816 A story or scene, choosing a specific literary/book/film character which the whole group might be familiar with (not easy).
The point of the piece is to create a 'prequel' i.e. the story/scene should be something from before that character appears in the book/film etc. "A Ship in A Bottle."

20160802 "What happened in Rome?"

20160719 "Attonement, Model and Heritage."

20160705 "A Cycling Pursuit."

20160621 "Buscuits" "On The Beach"

20160607 In the genre of "Crime" "The Folding Stool" Note: To be truly creative you must first learn not to be afraid of being wrong

20160517 "Quotation" working from a well known quotation of your own choice. "Font of All Knowledge"

20160503 "Gravity" "A Stab in The Dark"

20160419 "An Empty Key Ring / Split Ring, A Laughing Buddha with a sack and a fan, and A Spectacle Lens"

20160405 "Sunshine"

20160315 "A Box in The Attic"

20160301 Choose one of the letters from last times assignment and write an asnwer.

20160216 "A Storm" and to Write A Letter

20160202 "A Journey" "Evergreen - Memories"

20160119 "A Ghost, A Dog and A Wedding" "In the morning, Father is lying on the settee."

20160105 "A Pineapple, A Young Woman and A Haunted House." "Floods, Bridge and Sandbag."

20151215 "The Discussion" a dialogue piece. Christmas party and nibbles<

20151201 "Names" Dialogue only "Poetry Competition."

20151117 "Open", to write a story based on own idea

20151103 To re-run through stories chosen for Looe Literary Festival 2015

20151020 Write a story or choose one for use at Looe Literary Festival 2015
To gain practice and timings.

20151006 "Birmingham, A Library, A Road Atlas and A Lavender Sachet."

20150915 Words from a Codebreaker, (MaryH fetched in a codebreaker puzzle containing 24 words. The challenge is to write a story using at least 5 of those words.) "Never in A Million Years."

20150901 "A Deadly Silence"

20150818 "Circus / Fairground"

20150804 Something chosen from the pages of the ASDA magazine Discussion : "Actually Writing Creatively."

20150721 "Happy Holidays" "Blue."

20150707 "A Spy Story"

20150616 A location which has been provided, but story content is own choice. Write a sentence and pass it on to next member of group.

20150602 "The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo" "Persuasion."

20150519 "My Apologies" "Secret Garden."

20150505 "Open" to write a story based on own choice. "A Brolly, A Purse and A Bottle of Water."

20150421 "The Adventures of A £1 coin"

20150407 To write a story that begins and ends with the phrase "In the end it didn't really matter." "Cheese and Wine Party."

20150317 "Open", to write a story based on own idea. Six Minute Exercise : "Fireman's Tale."
Five Minute Exercise : "What do you dream about."

20150303 "A Memory Stick, Mobile Phone and A Tablet" "Bring some food with you for Brother Walter."

20150217 "Pictures from a Callender" "Magic Key."

20150203 No Assignment...-+-...A talk was delivered by Anne Foweraker which included a signed copy of her book for £8 per person.

20150120 To write a story based on Using Characterisation

20160418 The LWG Facebook Group page was Created.

Thank you for looking at our previous prompts.
There are some gaps in the chronology which will be filled as time allows for research through old records of minutes.

MGD

Date YYYYMMDD.	Prompt / Assignment Title	Flash Exercise
20210202	"From a Picture or Object/Ornament from home."
20210119	"Open subject - Choose own Topic."
20210105	"A Magical Creature."
20201201	"It all started last Wednesday."
20201117	Technology.
20201103	Fireworks.
20201020	Halloween or A Spooky Story.
20201006	Falling Leaves.
20200915	Use a character from a book in another situation / genre / book.
20200901	Choose from: 1. The call of cold water / 2. Finding a way back home / 3. The mysterious sound of silence.
20200818	Open subject of your own choice.
20200804	Isolation.
20200721	She’s on the move again.
20200707	Extreme Gardening.
20200616	Brave New World.
20200602	Childhood’s End.
20200519	Hazelnuts.
20200505	Lock Down.
20200421	Country Lanes.
20200407	(The) Ink-Blot (Test).
20200317	The crowd couldn't quite take in what had happened.
20200303	Chickens.
20200218	Love.
20200204
20200121	From a picture of 'A Duckling, Daisies, A Butterfky and A Ladybird'
20200107	Frostbite, Jack Frostbite.
20191217
20191203	The Title of the Book.
20191119
20191105
20190820	'Sing a song of sixpence'
20190806	I Should've Worn My Wellies.
20190716
20190702	Somewhere in Cornwall.
20190618	In The Waiting Room / Bedside Manner.
20190604	You find a satchel on a path in the forest...
20190521	write a letter of apology for the non attendance at an event, and then use that as the basis for your story.
20190507	The Crown Jewels.
20190416	choose a photo from calendar and write a story about it bring picture in with story.
20190402	A murder mystery story.
20190319
20190305	Message in a Bottle.
20190219	To put 3 words into a story. The 3 words are pen, book and glasses.
20190205
20190122	The Perpetual Calendar.
20190108	Something to do with a Fairytale.
20181016	It’s been that sort of day.
20181002	A knock on the door.
20180919	Summer’s End / Autumn’s Arrival.
20180904	The streets were deserted. Where was everyone?
20180821	They say I’m a traitor, maybe I am; all I know is that I did what I had to do.
20180807	Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
20180717	Either ‘The Old Stag’ or ‘An Old Tooth’
20180703	King Doniert or something upon a public house or restaurant.
20180619	Socks.
20180605	A journey from Liskeard to somewhere on the Cornish Coast. Your own choice of transport.
20180515	Pick a piece of good dialogue from a book. Then base a story upon that extract.	to write from the point of view of an animal)
20180501	Each member took a pink slip of paper to write down a character description as brief or detailed as they wished, and a blue slip of paper to note down a location or scene, again description as brief or detailed as they wished, these were folded and placed in the centre of the table and shuffled for each member to then take one of each as the prompt for their next story. e.g. my selection was “Character (pink): A Tramp, male or female, Interesting history and not poor. Location (blue): Farm Building, Development in surrounding area, River and woodland nearby, Proposed new road.”
20180417	A name? A month? Something else?
20180403	The Humane Rat Trap.
20180320	‘Used Teabags.’
20180306	"The Bizarre Happening."
20180220	The Magic Ring.
20180206	"What we found in the loft" / ‘Childhood Memories.’
20180116	‘in salting or pickling beef.'
20171107	"A Shoe Horn."
20170919	Open Subject to allow for our writers to present work from their novells, personal projects or memoires
20170801	"The Storm."
20170718	"A Bog or Marsh."
20170418
20170404	Open Subject to allow for our writers to present work from their novells, personal projects or memoires .
20170221	To write a story based on a favourite piece of music or song (or on one verse if too long).
20161004	To write a story or scene within a genre that is not in your normal comfort zone. The piece could be about any subject that presents a challenge to the writer.
20160816	to write a story or scene, choosing a specific literary/book/film character which the whole group might be familiar with (not easy). The point of the piece is to do a 'prequel' i.e. the story/scene should be something from before that character appears in the book/film.
20170516	"A small terrier (dog)."
20170502	"You can't run from the shadow, but you can invite it to dance."	"Unwelcome Intruder"
20170418	is an open theme, to write a story based on an idea of your own.	"Egg shaped container / trinket" originally produced using a 3D printer
20170404	"a very old childs boot" found in the overgrown part of the garden of a minors cottage
20170321	Choose between "A Rugby Match Photograph" or "I / She / He / They Dread the sound of the key in the lock".
>20170307	"A sense of smell (Aroma)"
>20170221	"A piece of Music."	"On entering the grove of Oak trees"
20170207	"A favourite Poem."	Ten Minute Exercise 1 : "Out of the Blue" Ten Minute Exercise 2 : "Let's take a walk."
20170117	"He'd never noticed that door before."
20161220	Flash Fiction (500 words) about - "T'was the night before Christmas."
20161206	"A Sat Nav" and "The Remote's Gone"
20161115	Open, to make your own choice of genre and suggestion / idea. Finalise and practice the stories you will be presenting at the Festival on 12th November. Venue ~ St. Nicolas Church, Parish of St Martin
20161101	Finalise and arrange the stories to be presented at the Looe Literary Festival on 12th November. Venue confirmed as the St. Nicolas Church, West Looe, at 15:30 (half past three).
20161018	Pre-reading of the stories to be presented at the Looe Literary Festival on 12th November. to obtain timings for each piece and practice in the Gallery room.
20161004	Write a story or scene within a new genre, one that is not in your normal comfort zone. The piece could be about any subject that presents a challenge to the writer.
20160920	Practice reading of the stories to be presented at the Looe Literary Festival on 12th November.
20160906	A story or scene, based on A well known or favourite piece of art (painting or sculpture) of which the whole group might be familiar with (again not easy to guess). The piece could be about the sculpture/scene or something from the character of the artist as he was making it.
20160816	A story or scene, choosing a specific literary/book/film character which the whole group might be familiar with (not easy). The point of the piece is to create a 'prequel' i.e. the story/scene should be something from before that character appears in the book/film etc.	"A Ship in A Bottle."
20160802	"What happened in Rome?"
20160719	"Attonement, Model and Heritage."
20160705	"A Cycling Pursuit."
20160621	"Buscuits"	"On The Beach"
20160607	In the genre of "Crime"	"The Folding Stool" Note: To be truly creative you must first learn not to be afraid of being wrong
20160517	"Quotation" working from a well known quotation of your own choice.	"Font of All Knowledge"
20160503	"Gravity"	"A Stab in The Dark"
20160419	"An Empty Key Ring / Split Ring, A Laughing Buddha with a sack and a fan, and A Spectacle Lens"
20160405	"Sunshine"
20160315	"A Box in The Attic"
20160301	Choose one of the letters from last times assignment and write an asnwer.
20160216	"A Storm" and to Write A Letter
20160202	"A Journey"	"Evergreen - Memories"
20160119	"A Ghost, A Dog and A Wedding"	"In the morning, Father is lying on the settee."
20160105	"A Pineapple, A Young Woman and A Haunted House."	"Floods, Bridge and Sandbag."
20151215	"The Discussion" a dialogue piece.	Christmas party and nibbles<
20151201	"Names" Dialogue only	"Poetry Competition."
20151117	"Open", to write a story based on own idea
20151103	To re-run through stories chosen for Looe Literary Festival 2015
20151020	Write a story or choose one for use at Looe Literary Festival 2015 To gain practice and timings.
20151006	"Birmingham, A Library, A Road Atlas and A Lavender Sachet."
20150915	Words from a Codebreaker, (MaryH fetched in a codebreaker puzzle containing 24 words. The challenge is to write a story using at least 5 of those words.)	"Never in A Million Years."
20150901	"A Deadly Silence"
20150818	"Circus / Fairground"
20150804	Something chosen from the pages of the ASDA magazine	Discussion : "Actually Writing Creatively."
20150721	"Happy Holidays"	"Blue."
20150707	"A Spy Story"
20150616	A location which has been provided, but story content is own choice.	Write a sentence and pass it on to next member of group.
20150602	"The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo"	"Persuasion."
20150519	"My Apologies"	"Secret Garden."
20150505	"Open" to write a story based on own choice.	"A Brolly, A Purse and A Bottle of Water."
20150421	"The Adventures of A £1 coin"
20150407	To write a story that begins and ends with the phrase "In the end it didn't really matter."	"Cheese and Wine Party."
20150317	"Open", to write a story based on own idea.	Six Minute Exercise : "Fireman's Tale." Five Minute Exercise : "What do you dream about."
20150303	"A Memory Stick, Mobile Phone and A Tablet"	"Bring some food with you for Brother Walter."
20150217	"Pictures from a Callender"	"Magic Key."
20150203	No Assignment...-+-...A talk was delivered by Anne Foweraker which included a signed copy of her book for £8 per person.
20150120	To write a story based on Using Characterisation
20160418	The LWG Facebook Group page was Created.