Romance – March 19

Irving Wallace was born on this date in 1916. His best-selling The Chapman Report was based on the Kinsey Reports and made into a 1962 film that the studio intended to be a more frank discussion of sexual habits than television of the time permitted. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a frank discussion of sexual habits reveals that your protagonist’s differ from what the rest of the group considers...

Romance – March 18

“An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.” -John Updike, born this date in 1932. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which someone to whom your protagonist revealed a secret love uses that information to devastating effect.

Romance – St. Patrick’s Day

Nat “King” Cole was born on this date in 1919. Writing prompt: Write descriptive paragraphs about your protagonist based on an adjective beginning with each letter of your protag’s first...

Romance – March 16

Henry Miller said, “One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.” Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist fabricates a lie that tells more truth about him/her than what s/he’s trying to conceal.

Romance – March 15

My Fair Lady opened on Broadway on this date in 1956, starring an unknown Julie Andrews with Rex Harrison. It became the longest-running show in history after more than 2,400 performances. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist realizes her/his romantic partner wants your protag to be someone else.

Romance – March 14

“Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.” -Diane Arbus, born this date in 1923. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s love interest pretends to misunderstand your protag to avoid making a commitment.

Romance – March 13

Writing prompt: Write the scene that prompts your protagonist’s expulsion as a young person from an open-membership service-oriented organization such as Girl/Boy Scouts.

Romance – March 12

After opening in Paris in 1980 and London in 1985 (where it’s never closed), Les Misérables opened on Broadway on this date in 1987, where it ran for 16 years. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is confronted with a person who devastated your protag in the past but proves s/he deserves redemption.