Journaling + Fiction – October 20

“Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.”Calvin Coolidge Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about your most character-building experience of self-deprivation. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist refuses a gift for fear of becoming soft.

Journaling + Fiction – October 19

“The first step in becoming a global citizen is stripping away the preconceptions of how things should be in order to see things for what they are.”Colleen Mariotti Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the moment in your life that most crystalized the difference between reality and preference. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist comes to understand that things are not...

Journaling + Fiction – October 18

“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”K’ung Fu-tzu Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about the moment in your life you felt most disrespected as a human. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your antagonist treats your protagonist like an animal.

Journaling + Fiction – October 17

“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”de Saint-Exupéry Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about whether a shared perspective is essential for a loving relationship. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist realizes a loved one does not share your protagonist’s perspective on a fundamental...

Journaling + Fiction – October 16

“The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to the active prosecution of whatever he is desirous to perform.”Samuel Johnson Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about how you’ll seize the day today or tomorrow. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist realizes life’s too...

Journaling + Fiction – October 15

“The tombstone will be my diploma.”Eartha Kitt Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the most important lesson a human must learn before his or her life ends. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist celebrates the life of an important ally who died too soon.

Journaling + Fiction – October 14

“Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.”Stephen Hawking Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about whether humor can save a life. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist drives his/her compatriots crazy by finding humor in their shared adversity.

Journaling + Fiction – October 13

“Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.”Cicero Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the fallout from an experience when you acted before thinking. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s action plan falls apart in execution.