Journaling + Writing – July 28

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a moment you revealed weakness, or had weakness revealed to you, by withholding forgiveness. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which a person your protagonist cares for withholds forgiveness for your protagonist’s...

Journaling + Fiction – July 27

“Effective leadership is putting first things first.”Stephen Covey Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you will put first when you wake tomorrow. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist mistakes the second thing for the first.

Journaling + Fiction – July 26

“Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”George Orwell Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about the most significant reality your parents knew and you doubted until you knew it as well. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which a person a...

Journaling + Fiction – July 25

“If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”Sam Walton Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the first time you finished something you doubted you would be able to accomplish. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s self-doubt prevents an important accomplishment.

Journaling + Fiction – July 24

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.”Marcus Aurelius Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you were most privileged to wake up to this morning. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist decides to stay in bed.

Journaling + Fiction – July 23

“Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.”Albert Einstein Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the mystery you plan to solve next. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist encounters a barrier that initially seems...

Journaling + Fiction – July 22

“A sense of humor is essentially a sense of perspective. It is an understanding that comes from a true sense of proportion. Humor is not a matter of laughing at things, but of understanding them.”Nivard Kinsella Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about your most personal experience of the adage that comedy is tragedy plus time. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fails to...

Journaling + Fiction – July 21

“Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence.”Spanish proverb Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about your most impressive demonstration of holding your tongue. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is put in peril because s/he thought s/he couldn’t improve on silence.