Journaling + Fiction – May 5

“True humility is staying teachable, regardless of how much you already know.”Dana Arcuri Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the last time you learned something you couldn’t have imagined you didn’t know. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns something s/he should already have known from an unexpected teacher.

Journaling + Fiction – May 4

“Fairness is not about statistical equality.”John Bercow Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about your experiences during a fair process that produced an unfair outcome. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is treated equally but unfairly by a loved one.

Journaling + Fiction – May 3

“The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.”K’ung Fu-tzu Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing about the last time you got caught unprepared for something you knew to prepare for. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns the hard way that safety is fleeting.

Journaling + Fiction – May 2

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”Mother Teresa Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a person whose company you always leave happier. Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fails to cheer up a friend who desperately needs to turn a frown upside down.

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.