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dbschlosser on Apr 1st, 2025 in
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“Happiness is the longing for repetition.” -Milan Kundera, born this date in 1929. Writing prompt: Write a scene demonstrating your protagonist’s drive to repeat something bad because s/he’s convinced it will make your protag happy this time.
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dbschlosser on Mar 31st, 2025 in
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“Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.” -Octavio Paz, born this date in 1914. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is acutely aware of being alone.
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dbschlosser on Mar 30th, 2025 in
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Tracy Chapman was born on this date in 1964. Her greatest hit is an epic love story: Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist visualizes a transporting but impossible...
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dbschlosser on Mar 29th, 2025 in
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“Don’t leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later; he may be with his real girlfriend.” -Amy Sedaris, born this date in 1961. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s clever strategy to compel and encounter with a romantic target backfires.
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dbschlosser on Mar 28th, 2025 in
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“There’s all kinds of love in the world, and not all of it looks like the stuff in greeting cards.” -Jennifer Weiner, born this date in 1970. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must defend the unconventional love s/he has for someone.
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dbschlosser on Mar 27th, 2025 in
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“Men often say that women change their minds too much. I say they sometimes don’t change them enough. I mean changing their state of mind, their attitudes, their outlook, their expectations, their consciousness – most of all, about themselves and what is possible in their lives.” -Julia Alvarez, born this date in 1950. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist suffers after...
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dbschlosser on Mar 26th, 2025 in
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“A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.” -Thomas Lanier — better known as Tennessee — Williams, born this date in 1911. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist survives an appalling experience with more grace than anyone — especially your protagonist — expects.
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dbschlosser on Mar 25th, 2025 in
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“Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.” -Catherine of Siena, born this date in 1347. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist misses out on something great because s/he cannot endure.