Journaling + Fiction – June 8

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”Publilius Syrus Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about causes and effects of the most extreme example of poor leadership you’ve experienced. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is at the helm when the seas unexpectedly grow rough.

Journaling + Fiction – June 7

“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?”K’ung Fu-tzu Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about what in your heart worries you. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which fear paralyzes your protagonist.

Journaling + Fiction – June 6

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion.”Dale Carnegie Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you learned from trying to apply logic in an emotional conflict. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist and a loved one fail to resolve a conflict because one is acting from logic and the other...

Journaling + Fiction – June 5

“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.”Babe Ruth Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you’ve learned observing a person who never gives up. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist confronts someone who never gives up.

Journaling + Fiction – June 4

“Curiosity is the engine of achievement.”Sir Ken Robinson Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about an opportunity you missed because you were insufficiently curious. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist derives a significant new insight into his/her protagonist based on idle curiosity.

Journaling + Fiction – June 3

“The perception of beauty is a moral test.”Henry David Thoreau Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about your first experience of awe at the beauty of an object or landscape. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist mistakes beauty for goodness.

Journaling + Fiction – June 2

“The prudent man is always sincere, and feels horror at the very thought of exposing himself to the disgrace which attends upon the detection of falsehood. But though always sincere, he is not always frank and open; and though he never tells any thing but the truth, he does not always think himself bound, when not properly called upon, to tell the whole truth.”Adam Smith Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes...

Journaling + Fiction – June 1

“If we expect others to rely on our fairness and justice we must show that we rely on their fairness and justice.”Calvin Coolidge Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a time you didn’t apply the Golden Rule. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your antagonist treats your protagonist fairly.