Remember when writing prompts were just a list in the back of a magazine?

Back in 2012, I had to pick between sticking with my old notebook of random ideas or trying a dedicated prompt app, and I went with the app (it was called 'Promptly', I think). It totally changed how I start my writing sessions, making it way easier to just jump in. What was the first tool or method that really got you using prompts regularly?

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sandragonzalez3mo ago

Wasn't the old notebook way more personal and less distracting than any app?

oliver_fisher3mo agoMost Upvoted

My first real prompt tool was a beat up composition book from 2008. @sandragonzalez is right about the personal touch, but my handwriting is so bad I'd spend more time trying to decode my own ideas than writing.

margaretj4027d ago

Wait, is trying to read your own handwriting like some secret test of patience we all just have to suffer through? I completely get that struggle though, my old notebooks are half doodles and half scribbles that look like a spider fell in ink. It's almost like the messier it is, the more personal and frustrating the whole thing feels.