“A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.” – Jean Genet, born this date in 1910. Writing prompt: Write the scene of a moment when your protagonist developed an idea important to him or her because of hatred.
Should the government assist terminally ill people in choosing when to die? 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,” explain the sources or implications of your response. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene that forces a character in your story to answer the question, or spend 15-20...
“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.”Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about an experience when a person or thing’s absence allowed you to understand that what you felt about that person or thing wasn’t really love. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which a chance encounter with a...
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“I want to make people cry even when they don’t understand my words.” – Édith Piaf, born this date in 1915. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist causes someone to cry without speaking any...
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Robert Urich, star of the TV show Spenser: for Hire — based on Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novels — was born on this date in 1946. Spenser’s sidekick, Hawk, once accused Spenser of spending too much time reading: “You know more stuff that don’t make you money than anybody I know.” Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist proves s/he is an expert in an...
“Truth is the one thing you can never intimidate.” -Brandon Sanderson, born this date in 1975. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fails to intimidate truth and so must deal with its consequences.
Benjamin Franklin began publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack on this date in 1732. One of his famous sayings was, “Do me the favor to deny me at once.” What do you think he meant when he wrote that?
Benjamin Franklin began publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack on this date in 1732. One of his famous sayings was, “It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal it.” What do you think he meant when he wrote that?
