Journaling + Fiction – August 29

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”Aristotle Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the person you consider your soulmate. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must remove her/his soul from another’s body.

Journaling + Fiction – August 28

“Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul.”Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the bravest act you’ve ever observed in person. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s bravery results in physical injury.

Journaling + Fiction – August 27

“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”Richard Feynman Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the most irreverent way you could learn about the topic you’re most interested in pursuing right now. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s irreverence in the process of learning something important...

Journaling + Fiction – August 25

“Pride is concerned with who is right while humility is concerned with what is right.”Ezra Taft Benson Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you learned from an experience when proving who was right became more important than doing the right thing. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is prevented from doing the right thing by someone who insists on being...

Journaling + Fiction – August 24

“I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?”Benjamin Disraeli Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what a leader owes his or her followers. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist leads from behind.

Journaling + Fiction – August 23

“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”K’ung Fu-tzu Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about the best thought that’s inspired you so far this year. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s bad thoughts foreshadow a bad outcome for...

Journaling + Fiction – August 22

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”Abraham Lincoln Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the fallout you’ve observed from someone letting power go to her or his head. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist enjoys some temporary power a bit too much.

Journaling + Fiction – August 21

Death twitches my ear;”Live,” he says.”I’m coming.”― Virgil Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the most important thing you need to accomplish before you shuffle off this mortal coil. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which circumstances reveal to your protagonist that s/he is not living fully enough.