Journaling + Fiction – February 26

“Curiosity takes ignorance seriously, and is confident enough to admit when it does not know. It is aware of not knowing, and it sets out to do something about it.”Alain de Botton Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a time you learned the hard way that you did not know as much as you thought you did. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s ignorance about a topic...

Journaling + Fiction – February 25

“Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.”Mark Van Doren Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a subject that makes you laugh but most other people don’t find funny. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist uses humor in a failed attempt to hide the truth.

Journaling + Fiction – February 24

“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”J.R.R. Tolkien Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the differences between a time you had to make a judgment call that turned out wrong and another time you had to make a judgment call that turned out...

Journaling + Fiction – February 23

“It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.”Aristotle Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a time you did the wrong thing for the right reasons. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist does the right thing for the wrong reasons.

Journaling + Fiction – February 22

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”Winston Churchill Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about a situation in which your continued efforts counted. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is encouraged by people s/he considered allies to give up.

Journaling + Fiction – February 21

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”Jane Austen Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about you felt abandoned by someone you believed really was a friend. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fails a person who considered your protagonist a friend.

Journaling + Fiction – February 20

“Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.”Tina Fey Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a time you’re proud that you did a thing others didn’t like. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fails to do the right thing because s/he is intimidated by the opinions of others.

Journaling + Fiction – February 19

“Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”Charles F. Kettering Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the perspective of a relative or friend who has a completely different opinion than yours on an important subject. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which an experience causes your protagonist to change her/his mind about a subject your protagonist considered...