Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must resist the temptation s/he considers most dangerous.
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”Plutarch Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about why you’re interested in the subject currently waiting to fill your mind. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your antagonist fills your protagonist’s mind with ashes.
When did you first fall in love? 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 sources or implications of your response. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene that forces a character in your story to answer the question, or spend 15-20 minutes answering the question in the voice of a...
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“It’s hard being visible, so I’ve made myself invisible.” -Danielle Steel, born this date in 1947. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist would prefer to be invisible but is made astoundingly visible.
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“I said to him one day, ‘Doctor, don’t your conscience ever trouble you?'” ‘No,’ he replied, with that peculiar cough of his, ‘I coughed that up with my lungs long ago.’ ” John T. Deweese, Doc Holliday’s attorney, was born on this date in 1851. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist realizes her/his colleague has no...
“This was more than just a cow — this was an entire career I was looking at.”- Gary Larson, born this date in 1950. Writing prompt: Write the scene in which your protagonist is set on her/his future path in life by an odd item or event.
“From a distance, it makes perfect sense that the people and the things you think will save you are the very ones that have the power to disappoint you most bitterly, but up close it can hit you as a bewildering surprise.” -Tom Perrotta, born this date in 1961. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is disappointed by the only person your protag believes never could do so.
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.”Sir Ken Robinson Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the first time you remember learning something important because you were wrong. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist succeeds because s/he’s wrong about something important.
