SciFi/Fantasy – April 17

“If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.”- Edgar Rice Burroughs, who on this date in 1907 was promoted to manage the Stenographic Department of Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist starts a great job s/he will regret forever.

SciFi/Fantasy – April 16

“I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.”- Wilbur Wright, born this date in 1867. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a statement your protagonist made years before comes back to haunt her/him.

SciFi/Fantasy – April 15

“The map is not the territory.”- Alfred Korzybski On this date in 1924, Rand McNally released its first road atlas of the United States. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist finds him/herself in mortal jeopardy because a map isn’t accurate.

SciFi/Fantasy – April 14

“Moving forward in science is as much unwinding the distorted thinking of the past as it is putting a clearer idea on the table.” – J. Craig Venter, who led the team that completed the Human Genome Project on this date in 2003. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s parents describe how their culture originally explained hereditary traits.

SciFi/Fantasy – April 13

“A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy.” – Guy Fawkes, born this date in 1570. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist to declares her/his opinion about a plot to kill a leader to a friend who responds unexpectedly.

SciFi/Fantasy – April 12

“To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature — could one dream of anything more?” – Yuri Gagarin, the first human launched into space on this date in 1961. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is the first person ever to accomplish something spectacularly dangerous.

SciFi/Fantasy – April 11

“If I’m up there on that bar and you’re not, I’ll be looking down. I’ll always have your back.” – Commander Shepard, born this date in 2154. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagnoist lets down a friend who’s counting on your protagonist.

SciFi/Fantasy – April 10

“You see, to be quite frank, Kevin, the fabric of the universe is far from perfect. It was a bit of botched job, you see. We only had seven days to make it.” – Randall, who on this date in 1912 boarded RMS Titanic with the Time Bandits. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must procure a specific item from a location s/he knows is about to experience a...