“No man may make another free.” -Zora Neale Hurston, born this date in 1891. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s desire to make another person free is frustrated by that person.
“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.”Aristotle Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a habit of yours that you worry is less than excellent. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fails to practice a good habit s/he has adopted to replace a bad...
What becomes of the broken-hearted? 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...
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The Avengers (no, the original) premiered in England on this date in 1961. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must maintain a strictly professional relationship with a person your protagonist finds irresistibly sexy.
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“At times like this, I wish I was but a simple peasant.”- Inspector Jacques Clouseau, introduced to the world when The Pink Panther premiered on this date in 1964. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a total fool infuriates your protagonist until the fool causes your protagonist to discover an essential fact.
Galileo discovered the four major moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) on this date in 1610. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must accomplish a herculean task using only technology everyone else in the world you’ve created considers hopelessly outdated and obsolete.
Describe your vision of integrity and the best example of it you’ve ever seen.
Jacques Montgolfier, who with his brother invented the hot air balloon, was born on this date in 1745. Describe what it would be like to ride in a hot air balloon using all your senses except sight.
