What question would you most like to ask the President of the United States? How do you think he would answer?
Describe your favorite thing to do when it’s too cold or wet to go outside.
“In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other.” -JM Coetzee, born this date in 1940. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s compassion towards another appears cruel.
“If you aren’t at the table, you’re on the menu.”Ann Richards Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a situation in which you were disadvantaged because you did not know what role you were playing in the moment. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist discovers s/he is not in the power position s/he’d assumed.
Where would you vacation if only you were going? 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 minutes answering the question...
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“Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.” -Alice Walker, born this date in 1944. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist challenges the person who most intimidates her/him, and discovers that person is even more powerful than your protag feared.
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“Maybe if I stick your head through that window over there you’ll get unconfused.”- Joe Pesci, born this date in 1943, as Nicky Santoro in Casino. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must unconfuse someone.
“Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.” – Brian Greene, born date in 1963. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a crackpot describes to your protagonist the “theory of everything” that predominates in the world you’ve created.
