Literary – June 30

“You have to be taught to be second class; you’re not born that way.” -Lena Horne, born this date in 1917. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a superior makes your protagonist aware of...

Big Questions – June 30

What do you do better than anyone else? Journaling prompt: Spend 15-20 minutes writing your answer in the spirit of exploring yourself and the world around you. If you can answer with a simple “yes” or “no,”...

Journaling + Fiction – June 30

“We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.”Edward Gibbon Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about why a particular victory you’ve tried to...

Romance – June 30

“What is broken is broken — and I’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.” -Margaret Mitchell, whose Gone With the Wind...

Mystery – June 30

In 1870, Ada Kepley became the first woman to graduate from an accredited law school in the USA. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is upstaged by a person of a gender not typically...

SciFi/Fantasy – June 30

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” -Albert Einstein, who on this date in 1905 introduced his theory of relativity in “On the Electrodynamics of Moving...

Literary – June 29

“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, born this date in 1900. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a...