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Journaling + Fiction – Decembe...

“Good resolutions are like babies crying in church. They should be carried out immediately.”Charles M. Sheldon Journal prompt: Reflect on your previous journal entries and spend at least 20 minutes writing...

Big Questions – December 20

To what vocation would you devote yourself if you knew you’d become the best practitioner in the world? Journaling prompt: Spend 15-20 minutes writing your answer in the spirit of exploring yourself and...

Romance – December 20

“Shrinks will tell you there are only five problems: sex, money, intimacy, trust, children. No, six: add ‘parents,’ as in in-laws, Alzheimer’s, inheritance. And of course they are all...

Mystery – December 20

Self-proclaimed psychic Uri Geller was born on this date in 1946. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist exposes an important public figure as a fraud.

SciFi/Fantasy – December 20

“Beauty and ingenuity beat perfection hands down, every time.”- Nalo Hopkinson, born this date in 1960. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is judged the loser in a contest s/he rightfully...

Secondary – December 20

It’s a Wonderful Life premiered on this date in 1946. Describe how your life would be different in the first person you saw this morning had never been born.

Primary – December 20

“Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.” -Billy Bragg, born on this day in 1957. If you were picked to speak to the world for your generation for 2 minutes, what would you...

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