May 11 Writing Prompt:

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.
~Isaac Asimov

What would you do if you had only six minutes to live? Write about your final thoughts.

May 10 Writing Prompt

I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.
~Ray Charles

What in your life is a necessity? What would you do if you lost that one important thing?

May 9 Writing Prompt:

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
~Confucius

How is your life more complicated than it needs to be? Who would you (or your character) be without the drama?

May 8 Writing Prompt:

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
~Mother Teresa

What or who have you loved until it hurts? Do you agree or disagree with Mother Teresa?

May 7 Writing Prompt:

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
~Robert Collier

Does your attitude help or hinder your progress? Write about a situation where an attitude adjustment could be helpful.

May 6 Writing Prompt:

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
~Thomas Jefferson

What actions have you taken that define you from others in the crowd? If you haven’t taken action, write about what is stopping you.

May 5 Writing Prompt

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
~Ayn Rand

Write about what motivates you. Is it the desire to achieve or the desire to beat others? Be honest.

May 4 Writing Prompt:

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

~Jim Rohn

Write about a time when you were not in charge of your own life. How did this experience make you feel? What did you do or what could you do to change it?

May 3 Writing Prompt: Quote by Nido Qubein

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

~Nido Qubein*

Pick an aspect of daily life and use it to launch a short story or poem.

May 2 Writing Prompt: Quote by Muhammad Ali

I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

  ~Muhammad Ali

Write about a time or situation when you suffered. Did it make you a better person?