Why Every Writer Should Use Writing Prompts — Jonathan Blum
Write something from the point of view of an unreliable narrator.
Film Courage: How important are prompts in a writer’s box of tools?
Author/Instructor, Jonathan Blum: I think they are really important. I am a big believer in writing from prompts. One nice story about prompts when I was a student is I had a teacher who gave me a prompt which was write something from the point of view of an unreliable narrator. I ended up developing my answer to that prompt into a story and it ended up being my very first published story. Prompts can lead to stories that are fully realized works that come from prompts. That’s one thing I like about them.
In terms of giving my students prompts which I do every week, I like to give open-ended prompts in which the…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
