Appreciation post: That quiet corner in the used bookstore on Elm Street...

I was browsing the creative writing prompts section at that dusty place last weekend and noticed how many prompts were pinned up on a corkboard near the window. People had written ideas on index cards, like 'write a story where the main character can only speak in questions' and someone actually responded to it with a 3-page note. It made me wonder if more libraries or shops should do stuff like that to get writers talking...

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finleythomas19d ago

There were like 47 different prompts on that corkboard last time I was there, I counted while waiting for my coffee to cool down. Someone had written a story about a time-traveling librarian and stapled it right next to the 'write a ghost story set in a laundromat' card, which I thought was pretty cool.

thea_knight19d agoTop Commenter

Oh I heard someone actually wrote a full novel based on one of those laundromat ghost story prompts.

evan_anderson19d ago

Wait, someone actually wrote a whole novel from one of those prompts? That's wild, I can't believe it actually turned into something that long.