Birthdays: Richard Harding Davis (1864), Alexandra Adornetto (1993), Susan Faludi (1959)

Tip: If you’re having trouble with the blank page in front of you, change your manner of writing. Get away from the computer and use a pen and paper. Use a crayon. Use funny paper. Use something different than you usually do.

Thought for the day: “I do chapter breakdowns so I know vaguely what’s going to happen in each one. All I need to know is the basic outline of what’s going to happen and the story tends to write itself.” – Alexandra Adornetto

Jumpstart: You are the one millionth customer of a “wishes granted” occult store. You have been granted one wish, but it has to be for someone other than yourself. What do you wish for and for whom? Why?