Mystery – February 4

“Be someone you don’t love so much, for once.”- Stewart O’Nan, born this date in 1961. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which circumstances force your protagonist to be someone s/he...

SciFi/Fantasy – February 4

Writing prompt: Finish this scene, started by Robert Coover (born this date in 1932) in his 2010 book Noir: “You are at the morgue. Where the light is weird. Shadowless, but like a negative, as though...

Secondary – February 4

If given the opportunity to receive a single lesson from the leading expert in any field, living or dead, what would you choose to learn from whom?

Primary – February 4

Rosa Lee Parks, who became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person, was born on this date in 1913. Describe the bravest stand you’ve ever taken.

Literary – February 3

“If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything.” -Paul Auster, born this date in 1947. Writing prompt: Write a scene proving your protagonist is unready for...

Journaling + Fiction – Februar...

“No one is is sure of his premise as the man who knows too little.”Barbara W. Tuchman Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a different perspective on a topic about which you believe...

Big Questions – February 3

If you could travel through time to any point in the future or past but could not return, to when would you go? Journaling prompt: Spend 15-20 minutes writing your answer in the spirit of exploring yourself...