Romance – November 10

“For anyone to achieve something, he will have to show a little courage. You’re only on this earth once. You must give it all you’ve got.” – Ethel Kennedy, who on this date in 2014 received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist misses a chance to prove s/he is on this planet only once.

Romance – November 9

Karol Kurpiński’s opera Lucifer’s Palace premiered on this date in 1811. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a close relative of your protagonist tries to destroy your protagonist’s relationship with her/his loved one.

Romance – November 8

“Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm.” -Margaret Mitchell, born this date in 1900. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist does something out of spite that s/he knows is stupid.

Romance – November 7

“For, as you well judge, a woman that is espos’d for a fortune, is yet a better barging if she dies; for then a man still enjoys what he did marry, the Money.” – Richard Steele in The Conscious Lovers, which premiered on this date in 1722. Writing prompt: Write the scene in which your protagonist first suspects that a romantic partner is interested in your protagonist for the wrong...

Romance – November 6

“I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful.” -Michael Cunningham, born this date in 1952. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns an admirer completely discounts the essence of what your protag considers most beautiful about her/himself.

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.