Imagine a ball sitting still on top of a hill. With a simple nudge it will begin to roll. Or maybe, if it sits there long enough, a breeze will get it moving before it goes flat and turns into litter. Your mind can be like that ball when you are trying to decide what to write about. You sit up there with a tremendous view–your experience, your ideas, the truths, the falsehoods, the people, the stories. Thinking about all the things you could write about is enough to keep you from writing anything at all.
A writing prompt is the nudge that gets you going. In one direction or another. Continue…
Here is an example of what a person could write in response to a writing prompt.