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I finally filled a notebook with story ideas after a year of trying
I mean, I started this little black Moleskine in June last year and for the first eight months it had maybe three half-baked ideas. Then I started doing a five-minute 'what if' prompt every morning with my coffee, and now the thing is completely full. Has anyone else found a simple daily habit that actually got them writing more?
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maryshah6mo ago
That "five-minute 'what if' prompt" thing is a game changer. I used to wait for big ideas, but doing a tiny daily thing like that is what actually builds up pages.
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paul1176mo ago
My version of that was forcing myself to write one terrible sentence a day. The rule was it had to be genuinely bad, no pressure. I now have a document with 200 awful sentences and, weirdly, three decent story starts buried in the mess. It turns out my best work is hiding behind my worst.
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grantl946mo ago
It's like tricking your brain into making something good by aiming for garbage first. Maybe the real goal is just to get words down without any rules.
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