Appreciation post: I bought a $60 writing prompt book and it got me unstuck

I was totally blocked on my fantasy story for weeks, you know, the one with the clockwork city. I saw this prompt book called 'The Writer's Block Breaker' at the store and just grabbed it on a whim. The first prompt I flipped to was 'a character finds a key that opens a door to their own past,' and it just clicked. I wrote three pages that same night. Has a specific prompt ever just perfectly un-stuck a project for you?

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betty_shah20d ago

Honestly, prompts never work for me. I just have to stare at the wall until something terrible happens in my own life, then I can write about that.

the_holly20d ago

That's a rough way to get material (though I get it). Prompts can work better if you twist them to fit something you already feel.

quinn_kim451d ago

My friend gave me a prompt about a lost library that only appears in dreams. It made me realize my detective character could solve cases by entering people's dreams. That one idea fixed my whole plot problem.