Mystery – January 30

“Memory, Agent Starling, is what I have instead of a view.”- Hannibal Lecter in the film version of The Silence of the Lambs, which premiered on this date in 1991. Writing prompt: Write a scene in...

SciFi/Fantasy – January 30

“War is the unfolding of miscalculations.” -Barbara Tuchman, born this date in 1912. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which an argument over a minor issue between your protagonist and an authority...

Secondary – January 30

“I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.” -US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born on this date in 1882. Describe what you think is the...

Primary – January 30

What character from the movies do you most admire, and why?

Bum Glue

In her craft book Write Away: One Novelist’s Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life, Elizabeth George spends an entire chapter on the value of what she calls “bum glue.” She defines it as that which...

Literary – January 29

“Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do.” -Edward Abbey, born this date in 1927. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which...

Journaling + Fiction – January...

“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.”Niels Bohr Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about the subject at which you’ve become most...