Daily, genre-inspired writing prompts for authors, teachers, and journaling

Big Questions – June 29

What’s the biggest lie you’ve told to protect a friend? Journaling prompt: Spend 15-20 minutes writing your answer in the spirit of exploring yourself and the world around you. If you can answer...

Journaling + Fiction – June 29

“We cannot escape history.”Abraham Lincoln Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a location or issue in your community that troubles many people but continues to exist because of...

Romance – June 29

“To live is to be slowly born.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, born this date in 1900. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a single event awakens within your protagonist a stranger totally unknown...

Mystery – June 29

Patrick Kenzie wakes up in a stranger’s apartment on this date in Dennis Lehane’s A Drink Before the War. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist uncovers a much darker crime while...

SciFi/Fantasy – June 29

“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, born this date in 1900. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist tames something considered...

Literary – June 28

“All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau, born this date in 1712. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist learns s/he cannot...

Big Questions – June 28

What does it all mean? Journaling prompt: Spend 15-20 minutes writing your answer in the spirit of exploring yourself and the world around you. If you can answer with a simple “yes” or “no,” explain the...

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