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I spent $60 on a writing prompt app and it actually worked
I was totally stuck on a story set in a small town in Maine, couldn't get past the first page for weeks. I saw an ad for this app called 'Plot Twist' and figured it was worth a shot. It gave me a prompt about a character finding a locked box in a lighthouse, which sparked the whole middle of my story. Has anyone else used a specific prompt generator that actually broke them out of a block?
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rayc898d ago
My buddy had a similar thing happen with a horror script. He bought a cheap prompt pack online as a joke, and one about a radio picking up signals from a dead station gave him the whole villain's backstory. He finished the first draft in a month after being stuck forever.
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amymason8d ago
Wow, that's so true. It's like our brains get stuck on the big picture and we freeze up. A tiny, weird detail from outside can kickstart everything. I'll stare at a blank page for a project, then see a random street sign or overhear a conversation and the whole thing just clicks. Why does it take something so small to unlock the big idea?
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