Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
— Robert A. Heinlein
Tag: writing prompt boot camp
Writing Prompt Boot Camp: Day 14
“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‘Where’s the self-help section?’ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.”
— George Carlin
Writing Prompt Boot Camp: Day 13
“If wishes were fishes, we’d all swim in riches.”
— Scottish proverb
Writing Prompt Boot Camp: Day 12
Writing Prompt Boot Camp: Day 11
“There are no coincidences in life. What person that wandered in and out of your life was there for some purpose, even if they caused you harm. Sometimes, it doesn’t make sense the short periods of time we get with people, or the outcomes from their choices. [ . . . ] Nothing is too small to be a mistake.”
― Shannon L. Alder
Writing Prompt Boot Camp: Day 10
“Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.”
— Joseph Heller
Writing Prompt Boot Camp: Day 9
In remembrance of Milo Thatch.
Writing Prompt Boot Camp: Day 8
“Every small town has at least one house the children whisper about; the type of house that has always been abandoned; where the once pristine white paint has faded to a grimy gray; where the windows are boarded, and the lawn never grows; where children hold their breath and close their eyes as they pass by. A house that sounds like it contains an army of whispering spirits when the wind whistles through the nearby trees.”
— The Blood Brothers, The House on Creep Street
Writing Prompt Boot Camp: Day 7
“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.”
— Kyle Chandler
Writing Prompt Boot Camp: Day 6
“Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.”
— Khalil Gibran
