My month-long struggle with a single writing prompt and what it taught me
Honestly, I spent a whole month trying to write a story from a prompt about 'a forgotten memory.' Tbh, it was pure torture. Every day I'd sit down, stare at the screen, and nothing good came out. Ngl, I almost quit writing because of it. I realized that vague prompts like that just make you wait forever for inspiration that never shows up. They kill the fun and turn writing into a chore. Now, I stick to prompts with clear hooks or limits, because why waste time on ideas that go nowhere? Creative writing should be about doing, not waiting.