SciFi/Fantasy – June 20

Edward Cullen was born on this date in 1901. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist encounters an obstacle in the form of someone who, or something that, is impossibly old.

SciFi/Fantasy – June 19

“Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.” –Blaise Pascal, born this date in 1623. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is forced to confront the fact that an opposing belief is as true as your protag’s most deeply held...

SciFi/Fantasy – June 18

Mice will spy on Berk Neilsen on this date in N. Lee Woods‘ 2242. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist finds him/herself stranded in a place where all vestiges of civilization have been burned off.

SciFi/Fantasy – June 17

Lieutenant John Ezra Dahlquist returned to Earth for the last time on this date in Robert Heinlein‘s 1999. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must sacrifice himself for the greater good to which s/he is...

SciFi/Fantasy – June 16

On this date in Jack McDevitt‘s 2202, a message from Inokademeri will be received on Earth. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist receives a shocking surprise when s/he first encounters a culture significantly behind her/his own in development.

SciFi/Fantasy – June 15

Edvard Grieg, born on this date in 1843, composed “In the Hall of the Mountain King” for a fantasy sequence in Ibsen‘s Peer Gynt. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist enters a forbidden place for the first...