“You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.” -Damon Runyon, born this date in 1880. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist balks at waking over the edge.
Whose life or lives do you hope to most influence by living your own? 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...
“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.”George Orwell Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about a time when you were excoriated for speaking the truth about a matter of justice. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is shunned for describing objective...
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon was born on this date in 1835. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist and one of her/his romantic partners simultaneously learn that your protag is also romantically entangled with a second partner.
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Talmage Powell — who wrote more than 500 short stories and novels as Robert Hart Davis, Robert Henry, Milton T. Lamb, Milton Land, Jack McCready, Anne Talmage, Dave Sands, and Ellery Queen — was born on this date in 1920. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist discovers that a person of interest answers to several different names.
“The world doesn’t need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.” -Anne Rice, born this date in 1941. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is put in mortal peril by a trusted friend’s hedged bet.
Work began on Mount Rushmore on this date in 1927. Make the case for the leader you think deserves to be so honored.
Work on Mount Rushmore began on this date in 1927. Explain the characteristics of a public leader who you think deserves to be honored in this way.
