Ping me a prompt
When you have nothing to write about
An exercise that I practiced for about a month — when I resigned from corporate to pursue a full time writing career — was this :
Take a pen and paper.
Open a random dictionary page.
And craft a 500-word piece about the first word encountered.
That stupid idea of being a full time writer died like a lizard crossing a highway — but I can write 500 words on any word that you throw at me.
I am a dog chasing a frisbee, man.
I will defy gravity to catch that word and bring a 500 word document when I hit the ground.
So next time you complain that you have nothing to write about — grab a dictionary.
Like I wrote this article when I stumbled upon the below quote on Insta -
Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov: “But how could you live and have no story to tell?"
I blame my laziness for my writing lapses — never inspiration!
🌸 Thanks for reading. Hope you found it useful.
