Literary – January 13

“Everything becomes symbol and irony when you’ve been betrayed.” -Jay McInerney, in Bright Lights, Big City, born on this date in 1955. Writing prompt: Write a scene in whch your protagonist...

Journaling + Fiction – January...

“Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness.”John Cage Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about an experience in which you were judged inaccurately...

Big Questions – January 13

Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are? Journaling prompt: Spend 15-20 minutes writing your answer in the spirit of exploring yourself and the world around you. If you can answer with a simple...

Romance – January 13

Lorrie Moore was born on this date in 1957. One of her characters decides she was not “given the proper tools to make a real life with.” Writing prompt: Write the scene in which your protagonist...

Mystery – January 13

“Nouns and verbs are the guts of the language. Beware of covering up with adjectives and adverbs.”- A.B. Guthrie, Jr., born this date in 1901. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a person’s overly...

SciFi/Fantasy – January 13

“The hideous knowledge, the horror-blackened memories which I have carried so long, were never meant to be borne by the human intellect.” -Clark Ashton Smith, born this date in 1893. Writing...

Secondary – January 13

In what era would you most like to live, or have lived? Why?