Responding to Quotations

Sometimes all it takes for inspiration is the inspiring words of others. Here are a few quotations with writing prompts for your journal or freewriting session. Write away!

Write about a time when you were afraid to do something but went ahead and did it anyway. What would you have missed out on if you had not done what you were afraid of?

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ~

What do you feel is essential?

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~

Respond to the truth or falsehood that this quotation represents to you.

“If you ask me what I come to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you:

I am here to live out loud.” ~ Emile Zola ~

What does “living out loud” mean for you?

"There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it!"
~ Mary Little ~

Do you agree with this statement? List all the things that you have to do but are avoiding.

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Pattie Reitz is a writer and a teacher. She received her B.A. in English Education in 1991 and her MSEd in English in 1995. Pattie has experience teaching several age groups: middle school for one year, high school for eight and a half years, and college for five semesters.  She received training in 1997 as an Advanced Placement instructor in English and in 2002 as a teacher-consultant with the Greater Kansas City Writing Project.  

In addition to her work at Writers Remember as Assistant Editor and Journaling & Writing Prompts Guru, Pattie is a book reviewer for Armchair Reviews (one of Writer's Digest's 101 Best Web Sites for Writers, 2006), and blogs about books at Bookworm's Nook, a blog on Dot Com Women's network of blogs. She is also a member of American Christian Fiction Writers. She considers journaling and personal narratives her passions in terms of writing genres, and she loves to encourage others to record their stories.  Pattie has had a few pieces published, both in print and online, and her current goal is to write more for publication in 2006. Online, Pattie is a moderator on the Women at Home message board and up until recently worked as a community leader on iVillage's former Journaling board.  

She is wife to a chaplain and mother of two girls, ages 9 and 6. Her blog is found at www.xanga.com/pattierwr.