Literary – Valentine’s D...

The Importance of Being Earnest opened on this date in 1895, staging Oscar Wilde’s story of two women in love with two men who are each pretending to be a third person. Writing prompt: Write a scene in...

Journaling + Fiction – Valenti...

“When people talk, listen completely.”Ernest Hemingway Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about how you made the person with whom you were talking feel the last time you...

Big Questions – Valentine’s Da...

Does lightning strike twice? 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 “yes” or “no,” explain the...

Romance – Valentine’s Da...

Charles, Duke of Orleans, wrote the first valentine from captivity in the Tower of London, when he wrote St. Valentine’s Day love poems to his wife during his imprisonment from 1415-1440. Writing...

Mystery – Valentine’s Da...

“Only Al Capone kills like that.” On this date in 1929, in what became known as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, gunmen believed to be working for Al Capone killed seven members of the...

SciFi/Fantasy – Valentine̵...

“Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.” – (quoted by) Robert Heinlein, in whose 1907 on this date was born George Edward Smith. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your antagonist misleads your...

Secondary – Valentine’s ...

Famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass, born on this date in 1818, once said, “A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.” Explain why...