Journaling + Fiction – October 24

“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.”Fyodor Dostoyevsky Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what more it takes. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist does something dumb for a smart reason.

Journaling + Fiction – October 23

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”Eleanor Roosevelt Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about whether courage is a trait people are born with or a skill that can be learned. Fiction writing prompt: Write the scene in which your protagonist first looked fear in the...

Journaling + Fiction – October 22

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.”Ralph Waldo Emerson Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about how you would plan to experience something you knew would happen only once in your lifetime. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s perspective is altered by a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Journaling + Fiction – October 21

“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.”Joseph Campbell Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about where you consistently return to find yourself. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns you can’t go home again.

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...