Big Questions – February 13

What value do you most strive to live up to? 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...

Romance – February 13

Grant Wood, most famous for his painting American Gothic, was born on this date in 1891. Writing prompt: Describe what’s happening in his painting Daughters of the Revolution from the perspective of...

Mystery – February 13

“He’s a politician!”- Inspector Maigret as penned by Georges Simenon, born this date in 1903, when asked if he trusted a man. Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is...

SciFi/Fantasy – February 13

“Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.” -Alexander Solzhenitsyn, expelled from the USSR on this date in 1974. Writing prompt: Write the scene in which your protagonist first encounters...

Secondary – February 13

“People aren’t supposed to look back.” -Kurt Vonnegut in Slaughterhouse-Five, based on his survival of the Allied firebombing of Dresden, Germany, which began on this date in 1945. Argue true or...

Primary – February 13

Chuck Yeager, the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound, was born on this date in 1923. What record do you want to break, and why?

Literary – February 12

“Then again, maybe I won’t.” -Judy Blume, born this date in 1938. Writing prompt: Write a scene that concludes with your protagonist doing exactly the opposite of what s/he intended when the...