Journaling + Fiction – July 31

“The best way out is always through.”Robert Frost Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you learned by once failing to go through. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist can’t get out because s/he refuses to go through.

Journaling + Fiction – July 30

“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”William James Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the last prejudice you rearranged. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s closed mind prevents vanquishing a foe.

Journaling + Fiction – July 29

“Step out of the circle of time and into the circle of love.”Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you notice about yourself when you’re too focused on the clock to experience what’s happening at the time. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist transcends a physical experience to achieve something greater than...

Journaling + Writing – July 28

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a moment you revealed weakness, or had weakness revealed to you, by withholding forgiveness. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which a person your protagonist cares for withholds forgiveness for your protagonist’s...

Journaling + Fiction – July 27

“Effective leadership is putting first things first.”Stephen Covey Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you will put first when you wake tomorrow. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist mistakes the second thing for the first.

Journaling + Fiction – July 26

“Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”George Orwell Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about the most significant reality your parents knew and you doubted until you knew it as well. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which a person a...

Journaling + Fiction – July 25

“If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”Sam Walton Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the first time you finished something you doubted you would be able to accomplish. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s self-doubt prevents an important accomplishment.

Journaling + Fiction – July 24

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.”Marcus Aurelius Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you were most privileged to wake up to this morning. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist decides to stay in bed.