Story Starter: Clean Hankie
It’s something our mums always asked when we were off to school: “Have you got a clean hankie?” Clean laundry that you’ve…
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Story Starter: Bride & Groom
Aaww, it’s the season for weddings, isn’t it? This pic is taken in the corner of the office where our…
The People’s Friend Presents… A Chat With Our Fiction Editor
This week’s edition of The People’s Friend Presents is a little different from our usual short story readings. Instead, we…
Story Starter: Pink Envelope
Has this pink envelope been accidentally dropped? Deliberately posed? Thrown away in a fit of whatever? Bearing in mind that…
Story Starter: Shop Window & New Year Resolutions
This blogpost is in anticipation of New Year Resolutions! Many of you will be setting yourselves the New Year Resolution…
Story Starter: May Blossom
These story starter images are intended to do exactly what they say: start a story idea, a narrative running in…
Story Starter: Go Away, I’m Writing
Here’s my office desk, complete with Go Away, I’m Writing mug. And yet do you know what I thought of…
Story Starter: Rusty Wheelbarrow
I’m keeping it brief this week. No suggestions; no comments. Though I’m itching to say what the picture makes me…
Story Starter: Metaphor or…?
Do you ever read motorway warning signs as they pass overhead and find your thoughts wandering to what they might…
People’s Friend Writing Workshop, Manchester
I feel so much anticipation as I prepare for each People’s Friend writing workshop, both in terms of its organisation and then before the…
