Musical prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on this date in 1756. He believed his ideas flowed best and most abundantly while undertaking boring routines. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which the process of following a daily routine causes your protagonist to unravel a knotty problem.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”Kurt Vonnegut Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you would pretend to be if no obstacles to your pretension existed. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist gets caught faking it while trying to make it.
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On this date in 1926, John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a television system. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is challenged by her/his love interest’s preference for something on TV.
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William Randolph Hearst, born this date in 1908, warned that “a politician will do anything to keep his job.” Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns how far a politician will go to avoid losing the next election.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, was born on this date in 1832. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a story that sounds like nonsense reveals more about what’s actually going on for the characters than their actual circumstances.
Would you rather be remembered for your character, or for your accomplishments, and why one instead of the other?
List the three qualities you like best about yourself and explain why each one is important.
