“I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.” -GK Chesterton, born this date in 1874. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a conflict purifies your protagonist.
What meal would you most regret never getting to enjoy again? 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...
“Courage is found in unlikely places.”J.R.R. Tolkien Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the bravest thing you’ve ever done. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist receives aid from an unexpected ally during a time of peril.
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“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.” -GK Chesterton, born on this date in 1874. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist discovers that a “love” relationship is also a “hate” relationship.
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“Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property, that they may more perfectly respect it.” -GK Chesterton, born on this date in 1874, in The Man Who Was Thursday. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must listen to a chatterbox thief justifying her/his theft in terms your protag finds abominably offensive.
“It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible.” -TH White, born this date in 1906. Writing prompt: Write the scene from your protagonist’s childhood in which s/he was made to feel most horrible.
True or false: “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” Explain your response to Andre Gide’s opinion.
On this date in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest. Since then, many other people have climbed Everest, and several have died trying to do so. Explain why you think people should be allowed to, or prohibited from, climbing Everest.
