The Fictive Dream

“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.” ― Langston Hughes

Hi, friends—sorry I’m so late in the day with the Wednesday writing prompt! Right now I am teaching on Wednesday evenings at Stillwater Prison, as well as teaching my Monday night Writing for Public Health class at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, plus keeping up with the 30-Day Creativity Challenge daily posts, and I’m a little over extended! But, better late than never, I’ve got an exercise for you, and it is a lovely one, a favorite of mine, in fact. Also, it’s free to all subscribers, as the Wednesday prompts will be throughout April while the Creativity Challenge, with its daily, paywalled posts, is underway. If you like this prompt and find value here, please consider upgrading to paid subscription if you can (or gifting one to a friend). The entire archive becomes immediately available to you the moment you upgrade, and the 30-Day Challenge posts are numbered so that you can complete them in order at your own pace.

Indeed, more and more, I am realizing that …