Journaling + Fiction – March 6

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”Winston Churchill Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you learned from failing at something at which you could have succeeded if you’d continued. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns that succeeding is not sufficient.

Journaling + Fiction – March 5

“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.”Aldous Huxley Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about something you know you don’t know. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns that s/he doesn’t know something s/he was sbsolutely confident s/he knew.

Journaling + Fiction – March 4

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”Albert Einstein Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about your reflections on the first time you experienced something you considered miraculous at the time. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist denies a moment of serendipitous...

Journaling + Fiction – March 3

“The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.”Henry Fielding Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you learned the last time you let your heart rule your head. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist lets his/her emotions override common sense.

Journaling + Fiction – March 2

“It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.”Eleanor Roosevelt Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you learned when someone left you to do work that person should have done. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is abandoned to accomplish a menial and difficult task by the person responsible for doing it.

Journaling + Fiction – March 1

“He who has great power should use it lightly.”Lucius Annaeus Seneca Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you learned from an experience when a lighter touch would have been more successful than the heavier hand you applied. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fails to achieve a major goal because of her/his...

Journaling + Fiction – February 28

I must be cruel only to be kind.Thus bad begins and worse remains behind.William Shakespeare Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a time when a friend or family member told you something that seemed cruel in the moment but later turned out to be valuable. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s kindness turns out to be inadvertently cruel.

Journaling + Fiction – February 27

“We live on a planet that has a more or less infinite capacity to surprise. What reasoning person could possibly want it any other way?”Bill Bryson Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a time you were delighted to be surprised. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is surprised to be surprised.