Journaling + Fiction – January 30

“Life is either a great adventure or nothing.”Helen Keller Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the greatest adventure you’ve had to date. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist stumbles on his/her first step to a planned great adventure.

Journaling + Fiction – January 29

“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.”Niels Bohr Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the subject at which you’ve become most expert through your mistakes. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which a group of people important to your protagonist learns that your protagonist is not the expert s/he claimed to...

Journaling + Fiction – January 28

“I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.”Maya Angelou Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the warning sign you find most glaring in another’s behavior or personality. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist wins an important victory using humor.

Journaling + Fiction – January 27

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”Kurt Vonnegut Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you would pretend to be if no obstacles to your pretension existed. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist gets caught faking it while trying to make it.

Journaling + Fiction – January 26

“Fairness is man’s ability to rise above his prejudices.”Wes Fesler Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a time you treated another unfairly because you’d been treated unfairly. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which a person from whom your protagonist expects little accomplishes a lot.

Journaling + Fiction – January 25

“Without execution, thinking is mere idleness.”Winston Churchill Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about something you’ve been thinking about doing but have not yet done. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist suffers a setback because s/he did not do something s/he had been procrastinating...

Journaling + Fiction – January 24

“It is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something.”Gordon B. Hinckley Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you’re best for. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist does something wrong because it seems like the right thing to do in the moment.

Journaling + Fiction – January 23

“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”Dave Weinbaum Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about an issue important to you that you’re letting happen rather than making happen. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s passive response to an opportunity lets it slip away.