Nicole, I completely enjoyed the "12 Days of Prompt Tools" article. My brain tends to team with idea, but I just might grab one of the games you mentioned, because who knows what they'd add to the mix (mix? I should have said "mess) that is my mind. Thanks again.
I find all these writing prompt tools both fun and productive even in face if whatever other projects I have going on.
I often call our Writing Prompt Parties “writing fitness with friends” because so many of us are in that same boat—we are all drowning in ideas— but writing with prompts gives us the great opportunity to push boundaries and try new things in writing without potentially harming one of our precious ideas. Prompts give us a sandbox to play in without much emotional conflict, we can easily “kill our darlings” (for example) because we have none! When you do that enough times with stories based on prompts and see the enormous power of it, you almost go running into your passion project with a metaphorical machete!
My writers guild, if we had enough time, ended or began a meeting with a writing prompt. I love writing prompts, but it's interesting how some writers absolutely don't. Different minds, different ways of processing.
Nicole, I completely enjoyed the "12 Days of Prompt Tools" article. My brain tends to team with idea, but I just might grab one of the games you mentioned, because who knows what they'd add to the mix (mix? I should have said "mess) that is my mind. Thanks again.
Glad to read this, Sandy!
I find all these writing prompt tools both fun and productive even in face if whatever other projects I have going on.
I often call our Writing Prompt Parties “writing fitness with friends” because so many of us are in that same boat—we are all drowning in ideas— but writing with prompts gives us the great opportunity to push boundaries and try new things in writing without potentially harming one of our precious ideas. Prompts give us a sandbox to play in without much emotional conflict, we can easily “kill our darlings” (for example) because we have none! When you do that enough times with stories based on prompts and see the enormous power of it, you almost go running into your passion project with a metaphorical machete!
My writers guild, if we had enough time, ended or began a meeting with a writing prompt. I love writing prompts, but it's interesting how some writers absolutely don't. Different minds, different ways of processing.