May 24 Writing Prompt:

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
~Sylvia Plath

Do you have the guts to stand by your convictions or are you filled with self-doubt? What topic are you afraid to write about? Go ahead and write about it.

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.