A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend. How you use the prompt is up to you. Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like. Or take the challenge below – there are no prizes – it’s not a competition but rather a fun writing exercise. If you want to share what you come up with, please leave a link to it in the comments.
Word Prompt
Variation
Challenge
Weekend Writing Prompt #269: This weekend your challenge is to write a poem or a piece of prose in exactly 67 words using the word “Variation”.
The challenge is simple: each week you will be given an exact number of words you can use to write a poem or piece of prose. You can use any format or style you like; go wherever your inspiration takes you. The only rules are these:
- your poem / prose must contain this week’s word (see note below). The word does not have to count towards the exact word count total – it can be in the title, or the first letters of the lines of a poem can spell it out – you can be as creative as you want as long as it’s there somewhere.
- the length of your poem / prose must match the number of words stated in this week’s challenge. No more. No less.
- A note on the word: you can use any variation of the word (for example: call, calls, calling, called etc). If you find you are struggling to use this week’s word you may substitute it for a synonym – just include a note to explain the swap. Remember, this is supposed to be fun! 🙂
Can’t wait to read what you have come up with!
Pingback: Living up to the image – Reena Saxena
LikeLiked by 1 person
Pingback: Sixty-seven words – Keith's Ramblings
Here’s mine –
LikeLiked by 2 people
Pingback: Battle Plan (micro fiction) – joanne the geek
Here’s mine: https://jedigirlblog.wordpress.com/2022/07/24/battle-plan-micro-fiction/
LikeLiked by 2 people
Pride in our heritage explained at https://bobfairfield.org/2022/07/23/sammiscribbles-weekend-writing-prompt-269-a-history-of-civilisation/
LikeLiked by 2 people
Pingback: Silk varieties – Special Mom’s blog
Here is mine.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Pingback: Colorful – eastelmhurst.a.go.go
Pingback: Love’s Labour Lost – Blogternator
Welcome to Texas. 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people
Hello Sammi,
Here goes:
https://blogternator.com/loves-labour-lost/
Cheers!
Venky
LikeLiked by 2 people
Pingback: Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt – The Bag Lady
Pingback: Variations of Dad, by Britta Benson – Odds & Ends – Poetry Blog
Here’s mine: https://oddsends707138946.wordpress.com/2022/07/23/variations-of-dad-by-britta-benson/
LikeLiked by 2 people
Pingback: Humanity hadn’t heeded – The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱
Thanks for the prompt, Sammi!
All the best,
David
LikeLiked by 2 people
A fun challenge. Not for me this week. Family staying ….
LikeLiked by 2 people
Hi Sammi and Weekend Scribblers – here’s mine: https://writingwhatnotsblog.wordpress.com/2022/07/23/spot-the-difference/
LikeLiked by 2 people
Pingback: Patterned – Very Important Stuff Here
Pingback: A Change of Heart – Notes to Women
Here’s mine, Sammi: https://notestowomen.wordpress.com/2022/07/23/a-change-of-heart/
LikeLiked by 2 people
Pingback: The Supply Chain – Seymour Stories
My first attempt at one of these: https://elizaseymour.wordpress.com/2022/07/24/the-supply-chain/
LikeLiked by 2 people
Great piece and welcome to Sammi’s weekend prompt I try to do them, great fun 🙂
LikeLike
Welcome to the Weekend Writing Prompt, Eliza 🙂
LikeLike
Pingback: ±X% – Peter's pondering
Pingback: Leadership? | Padre's Ramblings
Pingback: Weekend Writing Prompt – Let's Write……
A bit late but I enjoyed this today thanks for the prompt: https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2022/07/24/weekend-writing-prompt-10/
LikeLiked by 1 person
Pingback: Problem Solving 101 – Weekend Writing Prompt #269- Variation July 24, 2022 | Some Things Real and Some Imaginings
Pingback: Time To Change My Life – This, That, and the Other
Pingback: Weekend Writing Prompt # 269- Variation- What Matters? – Sillyfrog's Blog
LikeLiked by 1 person
Pingback: Advice for the Girl’s Life: Variations on a Theme – Tina Stewart Brakebill
Pingback: Wordless Wednesday – nope, not pam
Pingback: Variation, Same Theme | Hourglass Poetry
Thanks Sammi, for another doable prompt! Hope you are well, and not baking in the heat. https://hourglasspoetry.com/2022/07/28/variation-same-theme/
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m glad you enjoyed the prompt. I am very well, thank you, and thankfully our heatwave only lasted a few days and so the weather here in the UK is so much more bearable now 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh my, I’m envious–here in the US, we’re frying!
LikeLike
Sorry Sammi. Wasn’t a good day, I missed it! I’ll try better next time
LikeLiked by 1 person
There’s never any obligation, Crispina, as you know, though I am sorry to hear you hadn’t a good day. Hopefully all better now? And besides, you join in with the prompt far more often than I do! 😀
LikeLike
Pingback: The Biology of Things | Greg's Blog