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dbschlosser on Jun 29th, 2025 in
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Patrick Kenzie wakes up in a stranger’s apartment on this date in Dennis Lehane’s A Drink Before the War. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist uncovers a much darker crime while failing to find a missing person.
“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, born this date in 1900. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist tames something considered irredeemably wild by the other people in the world you’ve created.
“All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau, born this date in 1712. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns s/he cannot trust the well-intentioned efforts of a close friend.
What does it all mean? 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 of a character...
“The heresy of heresies was common sense.”George Orwell Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about the most conventional wisdom that you have reason to doubt. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist comes to doubt her/his common sense.
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dbschlosser on Jun 28th, 2025 in
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“Some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end.” -Gilda Radner, born this date in 1946. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist realizes something s/he desperately wants to accomplish won’t get done in her/his lifetime.
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“Propaganda always begins with words, but soon it proceeds to deeds. When there are no facts to support lies, facts must be made.” -Eric Ambler, born this date in 1909. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a superior orders your protagonist to make facts that support lies.
“Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.” On this date in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist tries to persuade her/his allies to initiate an action to set in motion an outrageously unlikely chain of events.
