I visited a writers' retreat in Vermont last fall and nobody was using the provided writing prompts

We had a whole binder of prompts on the cabin table, but every person just stared out the window and wrote about the leaves changing. Has anyone else found that real life details beat prompt ideas almost every time?

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milam4210h ago

Oh yeah, prompts usually come off as homework. The leaves out the window are doing the work for you, they don't have a writing prompt energy. Best thing to do is just let people be, the real details will show up on their own.