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

Journaling + Fiction – April 25

“I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody.”Neil Gaiman Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you learned after expressing love for someone in a way the recipient didn’t appreciate. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist finds exactly the wrong way to express love for someone...

Journaling + Fiction – April 24

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”John D. Rockefeller Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what happened after a moment that you now believe you should have taken a bigger risk than you did. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must let go of something valued and trusted to obtain something that’s only potentially...