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SciFi/Fantasy – January 21
This date marks two milestones in transportation history: In 1954, the first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, launched in Connecticut; in 1976, the world’s first and only supersonic passenger plane, the Concorde, entered service in Europe. Writing prompt: Write a scene that demonstrates how citizens of the world you’ve created perceive a revolution in transportation that radically changed their world … but remains inaccessible to virtually everyone.
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To what tempation should you say “no” more than you do — and why don’t you?
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If you could invent a holiday to celebrate anything in the universe, what would your holiday be and how would people celebrate it?
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“Absurdity is what I like most in life,” said David Lynch, born on this date in 1946, “and there’s humor in struggling in ignorance.” Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist flails at something in ignorance and appears funny to everyone except your protag.
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“In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.”Robert Hall Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a time you acted on your first impulse but should have acted on your last. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist gets in trouble for acting before thinking.
read moreBig Questions – January 20
How far from your family and friends would you move to be with a person you love? 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 you want to know more about. Photo from Unsplash, the internet’s...
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“The pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.” -Federico Fellini, born this date in 1920. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist describes something beautiful and valuable that emerged from a corruption of her/his life.
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“We’re all like detectives in life,” said David Lynch, born on this date in 1946. “There’s something at the end of the trail that we’re all looking for.” Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist describes the process that brought her/him to this point in life.
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On this date in Spider and Jeanne Robinson’s 2065, a solar flare alert is issued to the guests of the Shimizu Hotel. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is warned of an impending natural disaster about which your protag can do nothing.
read moreSecondary – January 20
Physicist Stephen Hawking has said, “It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.” Explain why do you agree or disagree.
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David B. Schlosser is an author of award-winning fiction and non-fiction, and an editor of award-winning fiction and non-fiction.
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