SciFi/Fantasy – September 25

“I always think a day when you never get out of your pajamas is a win.”- Mark Hamill, born this date in 1951. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist starts a journey s/he would rather not take.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 24

“This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.”- Horace Walpole, born this date in 1717. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s tragedy causes his/her colleagues to laugh.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 23

“I’m not into the whole ‘destiny — there’s only one right way’ thing.”- Abe, who with Aaron on this date in Primer’s 2003 made some money in the stock market. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist earns a chance to change one thing from earlier in her/his life.

SciFi/Fantasy – September 22

“See you in another life, brother.” 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.”- Herbert George 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 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

“The phenomenon develops calmly, but it is invisible, unstoppable.”- Jean Bernard Léon Foucault, 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.