Daily, genre-inspired writing prompts for authors, teachers, and journaling

Romance – June 23

Today I have so much to do
I must kill memory once and for all
I must turn soul to stone
I must learn to live again

Anna Akhmatova, born this date in 1889, in her poem “The Sentence” (translated here by Judith Hemschemeyer).

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist tries to kill a memory.

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