Here are some more prompts from our resident enchanter. We hope you find them helpful in your creative writing 🙂

This is the first set of magical prompts from Eldred the Enchanter. Can you make a story/poem/song play out of the prompts he has chosen for you? If you would like you can send them to thestoryshedblog@gmail.com

I have to give you all an apology. Since September of last year I have been on a Radio and Podcasting course. It is a HNC so the first step in getting a degree, and being 54 it is really strange to be back in the classroom. They say that life is one learning journey and they are right of course.

If you ever get a chance to engage with education in something that will make your life better then…do it. Do not hesitate. Do not put it off. Embrace it. Will it be easy…not always. But if you do it there is less chance you will regret it than not doing it.

I believe in you 🙂

That being said how many of you would like to write radio, and in particular radio stuff for kids (and people who are kids at heart)?

I have put out a free book of writing prompts. I am hoping that people will find them useful for inspiring creative work. Some of them will encourage poetry, others short stories. Some will be pieces of work for places like this site, or sometimes more adult work.

Really speaking the book is a tool to be used in any way that you feel is fitting. I have put this out so that I can pay back a bit for the good fortune I have had over the decades. I want to do what I can to get you working in a wonderful flowing way. Try to put you into a mental state of just giving it a shot.

This will not make you into a world class writer, but it might get you at least moving the pen over the paper 🙂 (if you still use a pen and paper of course). Anyway it is a free download so it’s worth a try right?

What’s the worst that can happen.

https://ko-fi.com/s/6a37597b81

When the last minc pie is eaten, and the last of the black bun

You will know the day is over, and Christmas day is done

But there’s room for celebration though the time has run

Twelve more days of stories will mean a lot of fun.

Santa says bye bye, but he might be back tomorrow 🙂

I had no idea that the twelve days of Christmas start on the 26th and end on the 6th January, We might have new stories in the shed for those days all being well.

Taking a bit of a break from the advent calendar, here is a wintery tale for you. We hope you like it. Please watch and share.

Behind todays door we have a bit of a darker story about the Belsnickle. Kind of the anti Santa. But by tomorrow order will once more be restored and all will be well with the world. Here is a story about the very fella:

Wow, so close to the big day now 🙂 Tree up…food and treats in? Take a bit of time and listen to this lovely story. Please remember to watch and share, so you are in the Christmas spirit.

What can be behind Door 22. Why not open it and find out. Are you excited about Christmas yet, or are you waiting a bit longer for that. We hope you have listened to and enjoyed some of the earlier tales. Please watch and share with other people. After all Xmas is the time for sharing 🙂

Are you counting the number of sleeps til Christmas yet? Here is another story to carry you towards Xmas day. We hope that you have enjoyed some of them. Please share them with others so they can listen to them too: