Journaling + Fiction – May 3

“The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.”K’ung Fu-tzu Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about the last time you got caught unprepared for something you knew to prepare for. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns the hard way that safety is fleeting.

Journaling + Fiction – May 2

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”Mother Teresa Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a person whose company you always leave happier. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fails to cheer up a friend who desperately needs to turn a frown upside down.

Journaling + Fiction – May 1

“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”Jim Morrison Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about an experience that made you fear being free to make a choice. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must make a decision about that which s/he most fears.

Journaling + Fiction – April 30

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”Albert Einstein Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the most interesting thing you’ve learned after being diverted from your goal by curiosity. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s curiosity leads her/him to uncover something s/he would have preferred remain covered.

Journaling + Fiction – April 29

“We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind.”Michel de Montaigne Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the last time you realized you were in complete harmony with whatever you were doing. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist transcends him or herself to become something greater.

Journaling + Fiction – April 28

“She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that events have no mercy.”Margaret Atwood Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about how you responded in a moment when you had no control over the situation. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which fate befalls your protagonist.

Journaling + Fiction – April 27

“Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand.”Frantz Fanon Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a time you were called on to explain something you didn’t want other people to understand. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist acts on an explanation provided by someone who didn’t really want your...

Journaling + Fiction – April 26

“A superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.”K’ung Fu-tzu Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist