“Criticize by creating.” -Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni — better known as Michelangelo — born on this date in 1475. What would you create in response to the issue you most want to criticize?
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni — better known as Michelangelo — was born on this date in 1475. He believed that people should “criticize by creating.” What do you think he meant when he said that?
“You don’t have anything if you don’t have the stories.” -Leslie Marmon Silko, born this date in 1948. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a relative tells your protagonist a story your protag does not want to hear.
What decision your parents made has most influenced your life? 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...
“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.”Aldous Huxley Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about something you know you don’t know. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns that s/he doesn’t know something s/he was sbsolutely confident s/he knew.
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On this date in 1946, Winston Churchill gave his “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, defining the boundaries of what came to be known as The Cold War. Writing prompt: Write a letter to your protagonist from a paramour from whom your protag is separated by an invisible but insurmountable barrier.
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Maddie Hayes: Wipe that stupid grin off your face. David Addison: This is the smartest grin I know. Banter from Moonlighting, which premiered on this date in 1985. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must complete an important task in cooperation with an insufferable wiseass.
“If you try to make such projects, unseen by others, as perfect as any human could, you’ll develop skills that other professionals don’t have.” – Steve Wozniak of the Homebrew Computer Club, which met for the first time on this date in 1975. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist comes to appreciate the humble origins of the most influential tool in the world...
