Journaling + Fiction – March 22

“It is better to conquer our grief than to deceive it.”Lucius Annaeus Seneca Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about your experiences and observations of these two approaches to dealing with sorrow. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must settle for distracting her/himself from sorrow instead of overcoming...

Journaling + Fiction – March 21

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”Robert Louis Stevenson Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about what you learned from observing a leader’s fear spread to others in the group. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must put a brave face on his/her abject terror to maintain calm among others in his/her...

Journaling + Fiction – March 20

“Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.”Arthur Erickson Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the first time you remember being affected by your experience of another person’s creative expression. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist realizes that someone s/he cares about does not share your protagonist’s enthusiasm for a work...

Journaling + Fiction – March 19

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”Sylvia Plath Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing without doubt about your most exciting creative idea. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must overcome crippling self-doubt to achieve an essential goal.

Journaling + Fiction – March 18

“Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.”Helen Keller Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a moment you were sustained by hope alone. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist discovers that hope is not a strategy.

Journaling + Fiction – St. Patrick’s Day

“For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.”G.K. Chesterton Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a time you felt you deserved mercy but did not receive it. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist receives mercy that rightfully should have been extended to someone else.

Journaling + Fiction – March 16

“If you’re waiting for fair, it comes to town once a year.”dbschlosser Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the most important lesson you’ve learned from experiencing unfairness. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your antagonist ignores your protagonist’s plea for fair treatment.

Journaling + Fiction – March 15

“It is not that we are given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it.”Seneca Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about taking the first step toward achieving the most important action or project you’re procrastinating. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist productively wastes...