Journaling + Fiction – May 9

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,in secret, between the shadow and the soul.Pablo Neruda Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a person or thing you love but other people cannot or would not understand. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must confront a person s/he loves but doesn’t much like about the behavior that creates the...

Journaling + Fiction – May 8

“If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”Martin Luther King, Jr. Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you will do to move forward on something you have been too long static. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must crawl when s/he would prefer to...

Journaling + Fiction – May 7

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”Leonardo da Vinci Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about why you’d be excited to learn about a new subject you’ve been interested in for a while. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist exhausts an ally by trying to teach the ally a new skill.

Journaling + Fiction – May 6

“Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”John Keats Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the ugliest truth you’ve ever encountered. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist realizes s/he mistook something beautiful for something truthful.

Journaling + Fiction – May 5

“True humility is staying teachable, regardless of how much you already know.”Dana Arcuri Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the last time you learned something you couldn’t have imagined you didn’t know. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns something s/he should already have known from an unexpected teacher.

Journaling + Fiction – May 4

“Fairness is not about statistical equality.”John Bercow Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about your experiences during a fair process that produced an unfair outcome. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is treated equally but unfairly by a loved one.

Journaling + Fiction – May 3

“The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.”K’ung Fu-tzu Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about the last time you got caught unprepared for something you knew to prepare for. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns the hard way that safety is fleeting.

Journaling + Fiction – May 2

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”Mother Teresa Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a person whose company you always leave happier. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fails to cheer up a friend who desperately needs to turn a frown upside down.