SciFi/Fantasy – September 22

Oceanic Airlines flight 815 left Sydney on this date in 2004. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which someone your protagonist thought lost appears.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 21

“Heresies are experiments in man’s unsatisfied search for truth.” –HG Wells, born this date in 1866. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is persuaded to alter his/her path towards his/her goal by a heretic.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 20

“In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.” –George RR Martin, born this date in 1948. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist discovers s/he made the wrong determination.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 19

“What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.” –William Golding, born on this date in 1911. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist mistakes what she’s done to herself as something her antagonist did to her.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 18

Jean Bernard Léon Foucault was born this date in 1819. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a fundamental constant of the world you’ve created prevents your protagonist from achieving an essential goal.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 17

Damien Nshogoza is born on this date in Don Sakers‘ 2017. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist confronts the person who stole the identity of your protag’s father.