tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28913188811164777932024-02-19T17:49:17.935-06:00Official International Fake Journal BlogNotes and Ramblings About the April Celebration of this EventRoz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.comBlogger322125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-39705776190642454342019-01-22T13:12:00.000-06:002019-01-22T13:34:28.565-06:00Wrapping Up International Fake Journal MonthThere will be no public celebration for International Fake Journal Month in 2019.
I am suspending public celebrations indefinitely.
Reasons for Stopping International Fake Journal Month
I have many reasons for doing this which I will share here:
First in the ten years that I have publicly promoted the celebration it has grown to contain many participants. It is difficult for me to keepRoz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-83286989679968993842018-04-30T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-30T03:00:31.823-05:00Day 30, April 30, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
When I was eleven things were –––––––––––––––––––––.
List B: Questions
Which matters most?
List C: Quotations
What is the most important thing in the circus? Time. Hovey Burgess
List D: Found Dialogue
I reached for it and the entire Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-61027338424757255212018-04-29T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-29T03:00:06.220-05:00Day 29, April 29, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
Seems sad not to go ahead with…
List B: Questions
What did I learn at the retreat?
List C: Quotations
I like to explore things. I don't expect to enjoy them. Jerry Seinfeld
List D: Found Dialogue
That's your problem. You need to pay attention to Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-76247820023284701212018-04-28T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-28T03:00:30.851-05:00Day 28, April 28, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
He wouldn't say that if he knew… [You can change gender if desired.]
List B: Questions
Agree to disagree?
List C: Quotations
Still I rise. Maya Angelou
List D: Found Dialogue
Whose truth?
List E: Objects
Something bumpy and lumpy.
Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-75398340987442081782018-04-27T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-27T03:00:16.473-05:00Day 27, April 27, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
I'm interested in any secret which…
List B: Questions
How elaborate do I need to be?
List C: Quotations
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous. Frederick Douglass
List D: Found Dialogue&Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-83312095671254166152018-04-26T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-26T03:00:46.286-05:00Day 26, April 26, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
Get –––––––––––––––––––––.
List B: Questions
What am I trying to say?
List C: Quotations
It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for meRoz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-24381176097179039882018-04-25T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-25T03:00:33.415-05:00Day 25, April 25, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
I'm not trying to offend you…
List B: Questions
Why do I reduce everything to nonsense?
List C: Quotations
Never explain—your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. Elbert Hubbard.
List D: Found Dialogue
Better Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-71374893583139804842018-04-24T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-24T03:00:29.452-05:00Day 24, April 24, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
It all started Saturday when…
List B: Questions
Oh why am I so suspicious of [other character's name]'s motives?
List C: Quotations
I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. That's what we really pay attention to anyway. We Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-84988903274819681512018-04-23T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-23T03:00:19.014-05:00Day 23, April 23, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
Yoga might be the…
List B: Questions
What is the real reason [his/her] actions bother me?
List C: Quotations
Doing great. Living the life. Glenn Rhee on "The Walking Dead."
List D: Found Dialogue
If I thought you were able to understand it I wouldRoz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-80952706133378489772018-04-22T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-22T03:00:27.912-05:00Day 22, April 22, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
I'm tired of delineating the obvious…
List B: Questions
Am I willing to make a sacrifice to change this?
List C: Quotations
The question is not what you look at but what you see. Henry David Thoreau
List D: Found Dialogue
I don't care what he Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-24564196528607322002018-04-21T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-21T03:00:30.970-05:00Day 21, April 21, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
Reports suggest…
List B: Questions
Is the end in sight?
List C: Quotations
We meet our destiny on the road we take to avoid it. Jung
List D: Found Dialogue
You've got to pull them out and rotate them.
List E: Objects
Your character's neighbor.Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-6824072579655347682018-04-20T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-20T03:00:11.829-05:00Day 20, April 20, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
Gotcha…
List B: Questions
What could be more inappropriate?
List C: Quotations
Isolation tempers the strong. Paul Cezanne
List D: Found Dialogue
Rich emotional stew…
List E: Objects
Haven.
Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-64776094807621792452018-04-19T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-19T03:00:18.097-05:00Day 19, April 19, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
Who picked up the –––––––––––––––––––––?
List B: Questions
Do I need to order more –––––––––––––––––––––––––?
List C: Quotations
The art of drawing is the art of omission. Max Lieberman
List D: Found Dialogue
Be careful of her; you can tellRoz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-48709760731220652612018-04-18T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-18T03:00:24.220-05:00Day 18, April 18, 2018 International Fake Journal Month Prompt
Here are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
I would ask you……?
List B: Questions
Which pigments were used in this painting? [Include a print of the painting your character is discussing as part of your page layout.]
List C: Quotations
Comedy is the most senseless profession on earth. I was born with Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-19514993173114309112018-04-17T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-17T03:00:07.178-05:00Day 17, April 17, 2018 International Fake Journal Month PromptHere are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
My total was –––––––––––––––––––––. (Your total can be anything/any subject.)
List B: Questions
Did I plan for everything?
List C: Quotations
It's a mistake to think you can't be hurt if you don't care. Errol Flynn
List D: Found Dialogue
He [sheRoz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-10117582153216845492018-04-16T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-16T03:00:14.356-05:00Day 16, April 16, 2018 International Fake Journal Month PromptHere are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
We did get to hear…
List B: Questions
Who else knows about this?
List C: Quotations
[Something the REAL YOU has said] Your character is quoting the real you; attribute it to your real self.
List D: Found Dialogue
I'm what's leftover.
List E: Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-35577551212831905792018-04-15T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-15T03:00:37.897-05:00Day 15, April 15, 2018 International Fake Journal Month PromptsHere are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
The last time I achieved a meditative state I –––––––––––––––––––––?
List B: Questions
Why did I expect much of value?
List C: Quotations
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
List D: Found Dialogue
I suggest Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-49903293743852517492018-04-14T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-14T03:00:02.790-05:00Day 14, April 14, 2018 International Fake Journal MonthHere are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
What's the word I'm looking for to describe –––––––––––––––––––––?
List B: Questions
Who has suffered the most?
List C: Quotations
Black ink only, no blue. I'm not a street artist. Captain Holt on "Brooklyn 99."
List D: Found Dialogue
Kid: You aren'tRoz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-48519162087797344942018-04-13T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-13T03:00:40.401-05:00Day 13, April 13, 2018 International Fake Journal Month PromptsHere are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
So my aunt believes –––––––––––––––––––––?
List B: Questions
Which condiment can I live without?
List C: Quotations
Possibilities are so much more thrilling than certainties. Flavia De Luce in "The Grave's a fine and Private Place."
List D: Found Dialogue&Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-55497544081965076352018-04-12T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-12T03:00:02.937-05:00Day 12, April 12, 2018 International Fake Journal Month PromptsHere are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
I got this the day I replaced –––––––––––––––––––––?
List B: Questions
When is the right time to move?
List C: Quotations
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Ancient Roman saying.
List D: Found Dialogue
That's easy—you can wear his Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-19904032566173852372018-04-11T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-11T03:00:03.306-05:00Day 11, April 11, 2018 International Fake Journal Month PromptsHere are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
Everyone knows I am a fan of –––––––––––––––––––––?
List B: Questions
Isn't love just the same thing as attention?
List C: Quotations
We're born naked, the rest is drag. Rupaul Charles
List D: Found Dialogue
It's funny, dark, smart, and extremely Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-48108892078917634142018-04-10T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-10T03:00:29.359-05:00Day 10, April 10, 2018 International Fake Journal Month PromptsHere are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
When I put the book down…
List B: Questions
People see what they are looking for. (Statement? Question? True or false? Why is your character thinking of this and how is he thinking about this issue?)
List C: Quotations
Sometimes the flowers arrange themselves.Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-84047851905045736812018-04-09T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-09T03:00:28.967-05:00Day 9, April 9, 2018 International Fake Journal Month PromptsHere are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
He couldn't remember…
List B: Questions
What can I do today?
List C: Quotations
Geography is destiny.
List D: Found Dialogue
It's amazing how fast your hair grows. The older you are the faster it grows.
List E: Objects
Crumbs.
Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-32818128794178983202018-04-08T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-08T03:00:09.355-05:00Day 8, April 8, 2018 International Fake Journal Month PromptsHere are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
And she said, "Have you eaten today?"–––––––––––––––––––––?
List B: Questions
Did I imagine that?
List C: Quotations
Sitting on your biscuit, never having to risk it.—Darryl on "The Office" (U.S. Version)
List D: Found Dialogue
When he opened the Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-51687355883643507852018-04-07T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-07T03:00:05.481-05:00Day 7, April 7, 2018 International Fake Journal Month PromptsHere are the five prompts which YOUR CHARACTER can respond to or incorporate into his journal today.
List A: Finish This Sentence…
What's the worst I can say about–––––––––––––––––––––?
List B: Questions
Why do I –––––––––––––––––––?
List C: Quotations
Birth, life, death is a cycle. And they're all beautiful. Animals do grieve, but they move on. That's the lesson behind animals. Cesar Roz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.com0