writing prompt
Story starter suggestion
A writing prompt is a brief stimulus meant to spark creative or reflective writing—a sentence, question, scenario, or image that gives writers a starting point.
Teachers use prompts to assign student essays; fiction writers use them to overcome blank-page paralysis: The prompt was "Write about a door that shouldn't be opened".
Online communities share daily prompts to encourage regular practice.
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