Literary – July 11

“Relationships do not preclude issues of morality.” -Jhumpa Lahiri, born this date in 1967. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which someone your protagonist loves forces your protag to confront a...

Big Questions – July 11

How do you want to die? 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...

Journaling + Fiction – July 11

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.”Plato Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the first time another heart whispered back to yours. Fiction writing...

Romance – July 11

“Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.” -Elwyn Brooks White, born this date in 1899. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s efforts to hide...

Mystery – July 11

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.  It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway...

SciFi/Fantasy – July 11

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.”- Elwyn Brooks...

Literary – July 10

“There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could,...