On this date in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first successful flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Describe how it would feel if you were the first person ever to fly.
“Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.” – Jane Austen, born this date in 1775. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist confuses belief with reality because of a mistaken confidence in her/his abilities.
How much more would you have to earn to take a job you knew you’d like less than your current occupation? 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...
“Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they’re gonna fool you, and then they do it.”James Randi Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the last time you got fooled but found the humor in the experience. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your antagonist tells your protagonist that your protagonist is about to get fooled and then proceeds to...
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“It’s discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.” – Noël Coward, born this date in 1899. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist refuses to believe something that’s true.
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On this date in 1951, NBC debuted Dragnet in a special preview. Sgt. Joe Friday once said “there are over 5,000 men in this city, who know that being a policeman is an endless, glamorless, thankless job that’s gotta be done.” Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist explains to a doubtful observer why s/he has to do the job s/he is doing.
Two pillars of science fiction were born on this date: Arthur C. Clarke in 1917 and Philip K. Dick in 1928. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a technology that was supposed to empower and liberate individuals is used against your protagonist to disempower and constrain him/her.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” -Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known as George Santayana, born on this date in 1863. Describe the best method you’ve discovered for remembering the past.
