“The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.” -Ursula K. Le Guin, born on this date in 1929. Ask yourself a question you don’t want to answer.
“Morality is the weakness of the brain.” -Arthur Rimbaud, born this date in 1854. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist acts immorally to prove s/he is strong.
“Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.”Calvin Coolidge Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about your most character-building experience of self-deprivation. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist refuses a gift for fear of becoming soft.
What’s the greatest accomplishment of your life so far? 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...
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“You don’t notice how the days pass until nearly a lifetime is finished. Then it hits you — the thing you have been waiting for has already gone by. And it was going in the other direction.” -Monica Ali, born this date in 1967. Writing prompt: Write the scene in which your protagonist resolves this will never happen.
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“The two women exchanged the kind of glance women use when no knife is handy.” -Half of Ellery Queen, Daniel Nathan (aka Frederic Dannay), born this date in 1905. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist finds him/herself between these two women.
“We were just riding up there, Roger was taking pictures of me on the horse and leading the packhorse. That’s when Roger’s horse just started jumpin’ and a lungin’.”- Robert Gimlin, who with Roger Patterson claimed to capture Bigfoot on film on this date in 1967. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns a popular myth in the world you’ve created is utterly...
“The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wriggle and weasel out of one.” -Lewis Grizzard, born on this date in 1946. Decide whether you agree or disagree and then explain why.
