Romance – November 5

“Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say.” -Vivien Leigh, born this date in 1913. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must speak words s/he knows are true to people who believe those words are lies.

Romance – November 4

“Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier ‘n puttin’ it back in.” – Will Rogers, born this date in 1879. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fails to contain an outbreak.

Romance – November 3

“Women have the right to mount the scaffold; they must also have the right to mount the speaker’s platform.” -Olympe de Gouges, executed on a scaffold by guillotine on this date in 1793. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s right to free speech gets her/him into a spot of bother.

Romance – November 2

“We’s all poor nuts and things happen, and we just get mixed in wrong, that’s all.” – Eugene O’Neill in Anna Christie, which premiered on this date in 1921. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist realizes all the poor nuts surrounding her/him think s/he is the poorest nut of all.

Romance – November 1

“To be more precise it was the color of heartache.” -Susanna Clarke, born this date in 1959. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist, alone, paints a room the color of heartache.

Romance – October 31

“If you had really loved something, wouldn’t a little bit of it always linger?” -Susan Orlean, born this date in 1955. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist destroys a memento that represents such lingering.

Romance – October 30

“A pig resembles a saint in that he is more honored after death than during his lifetime.” -Irma Rombauer, born this date in 1877. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which everyone expects your protagonist to do something s/he hates to do simply because of her/his gender.

Romance – October 29

Writing prompt: Write the scene of your protagonist’s most paralyzingly terrifying mistake during high school.