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Happy Monday! I’m traveling again today. Here’s something to keep you busy.
Prompt type: Quotation
Prompt: Write a scene inspired by the following quote. It could be set in the time period when the quote was spoken, could involve the quote itself, or could simply be inspired by the theme of the quote.
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”
― George Burns
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!
Today’s pick is for my mom.
Prompt type: Quotation
Prompt: Write a scene inspired by the following quote. It could be set in the time period when the quote was spoken, could involve the quote itself, or could simply be inspired by the theme of the quote.
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
― John Lennon
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
Monday. Ugh.
Prompt type: Quotation
Prompt: Write a scene inspired by the following quote. It could be set in the time period when the quote was spoken, could involve the quote itself, or could simply be inspired by the theme of the quote.
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.
— August Wilson
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Well, my beloved Red Wings are out, but I hold out hope for my almost equally beloved Blackhawks!
Enjoy your Sunday and see what you can do with this quotation. I found myself thinking with slight modification it could be good for a space-going vessel as well.
Prompt Type: Quotation
Prompt: Write a scene inspired by the following quote. It could be set in the time period when the quote was spoken, could involve the quote itself, or could simply be inspired by the theme of the quote.
Certainly there was no sailor who ever sailed salt water but who smiled–and still smiles–at the idea of the “unsinkable ship.”
— Charles Lightoller
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Happy Thursday! Make it through today and tomorrow and then two days of glorious weekend!
Prompt Type: Quotation
Prompt: Write a scene inspired by the following quote. It could be set in the time period when the quote was spoken, could involve the quote itself, or could simply be inspired by the theme of the quote.
“And the rest is rust and stardust.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
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Happy Monday, folks! A couple of friends of mine were telling me that they were going to be off today and it made me a little sad because I basically never get a Monday off. Then I remembered that I get two off next month and it made me smile! I’m taking one off to travel home from my sister’s graduation from Columbia College, Chicago and then I get Memorial Day off at the end of the month. Can’t complain too much about that, right?
On to your prompt for the day!
Prompt Type: Quotation
Prompt: Write a scene inspired by the following quote. It could be set in the time period when the quote was spoken, could involve the quote itself, or could simply be inspired by the theme of the quote.
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
–Native American Proverb
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
I hope the folks who get Good Friday off are enjoying it! Me, I’m at the office until 5 and then home to dye eggs for Sunday and enjoy my weekend.
Prompt Type: Quotation
Prompt: Write a scene inspired by the following quote. It could be set in the time period when the quote was spoken, could involve the quote itself, or could simply be inspired by the theme of the quote.
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin.
— Phillips Brooks
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.