SciFi/Fantasy – November 29

“The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.”- Clive Staples Lewis, born this date in 1898. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a spiritual leader in the world you’ve created tries to justify your protagonist’s unjust suffering.

SciFi/Fantasy – November 28

“Anta odeli uta.” At 1517 hours tomorrow, every radio receiver in the world will receive the same transmission. Writing prompt: Write the message and describe its impact in your home.

SciFi/Fantasy – November 27

“If the quest was supposed to be easy, they would not have given it to someone who is supposed to be a hero.”- Michael Stackpole, born this date in 1957. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist refuses his/her quest.

SciFi/Fantasy – November 26

“History is, after all, based on people’s recollections, which change with time.”- Frederik Pohl, born this date in 1919. Writing prompt: Imagine a scene in which your protagonist triumphs over your antagonist, and then write that scene from the perspective of your antagonist.

SciFi/Fantasy – November 25

“I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way did not become still more complicated.”- Poul Anderson, born this date in 1926. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s simple analysis of, and response to, a problem ends up making the problem worse.

SciFi/Fantasy – November 24

“I am but a sapling, yet already I have become proficient in the reading of the First Language, in the rustles and whispers of the Second Language, and even a bit in the vast soundless waves of the Inner Voice with its meanings from beyond the sky.” The Terran Empire will be declared on this date in Don Sakers’ 2153. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns something...

SciFi/Fantasy – November 23

“The least important things, sometimes, my dear boy, lead to the greatest discoveries.”- The first Doctor, who appeared on this date in 1963 when BBC broadcast the first episode of Doctor Who. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist discovers an unimportant item that will make the difference between success and failure in the climax.

SciFi/Fantasy – November 22

“You get trapped by stories.”- Terry Gilliam, born this date in 1940. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is trapped in a dangerous situation by nothing more than a story.