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Showerthought: My stubborn pride almost cost me a great story idea
I avoided prompts, seeing them as lame. My writing group had a prompt challenge last month. I joined to prove a point and ended up with a plot twist I love. Now I see the value in stepping outside my head. Prompts are not a cheat, they are a jump start.
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lindar867mo ago
Totally get this. I used to be the same way, thinking real writers didn't need prompts. What worked for me was using really weird ones, like a random sentence generator or a strange picture. It forces your brain down a path it would never pick on its own. Honestly, it's just a tool to get you unstuck.
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