May 23 Writing Prompt:

Don’t forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

Do you believe in war as a way to resolve differences and conflict? Are there alternatives? Explain your belief.

June 23 Writing Prompt: Defense

When in your life has it made sense to be patient? Were you patient enough or did you take action too quickly or too soon? Write about a time when non-action was the best defense for achieving the desired outcome.

May 22 Writing Prompt:

 

I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.
~Joss Whedon

 

Why do you write? What is the benefit? What has writing helped you conquer or overcome?

May 21 Writing Prompt:

 

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
~Confucius

 

Write about your biggest life’s lesson. Include how you felt at the time and what you have learned since.

May 20 Writing Prompt:

If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.
~Marilyn Monroe

 

What rules have you broken? What did breaking the rules get you?

 

May 19 Writing Prompt:

The first draft of anything is shit.
~Ernest Hemingway

 

Go look at a first draft of something you’ve written and see what you can do to make it better.

May 18 Writing Prompt:

 

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
~Robert Green Ingersoll

When has your education failed you? When has common sense saved the day?

May 17 Writing Prompt:

 

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.
~Philip Pullman

 
What story do you need to be writing? Start writing it!

May 16 Writing Prompt:

 

I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
~George S. Patton

 

Write about your darkest hour and what you did to make a comeback or to survive the experience.

May 15 Writing Prompt:

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
~Jim Morrison

Write about that friend. If you don’t have anyone like that in your life, then create a character who gives you total freedom to be yourself.