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

Secondary – November 3

If you were given $1 million on the condition that you must donate it anonymously to a charity or stranger, how would you contribute the money?

Primary – November 3

Think about your favorite character in a book or a television show. In what ways are you like that character? In what ways are you different?

Literary – November 2

Writing prompt: Write the scene of your protagonist’s most self-deceptive presumption of victory.

Journaling + Fiction – Novembe...

“There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.”Ralph Nader Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about how your daily citizenship routine varies from ideal. Fiction...

Big Questions – November 2

What’s your most irrational fear? 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,”...

Romance – November 2

“We’s all poor nuts and things happen, and we just get mixed in wrong, that’s all.” – Eugene O’Neill in Anna Christie, which premiered on this date in 1921. Writing prompt:...

Mystery – November 2

“I made this list of stuff that it’s time for me to try to do.” -Rick Moody Writing prompt: Write your protagonist’s five most important life goals at each of these moments in her/his...

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