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I used a prompt about a found wedding ring in a thrift store last week and wrote my best story in months.
The prompt was 'a person finds a wedding ring with an inscription in a thrift store jacket pocket, and the clerk says it's been there for 10 years', and it pushed me to write a whole mystery about the original owner from a single detail, which is a trick I'd love to find more of.
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phoenixcampbell18d ago
Oh man, that's a killer prompt. I love that idea of building a whole story from one tiny, weird detail. My own attempts at that usually end with me writing three paragraphs about a lost sock and then giving up to go watch TV. It's way harder than it looks to make something small feel that big.
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evan29518d agoMost Upvoted
Honestly that happens with everything though. Like trying to fix one small thing on your car and suddenly you're three hours deep watching a tutorial. The tiny details always pull you into something bigger.
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