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The Many Benefits of Writing Prompts
9 ways that they can help you as a writer
Over recent weeks, I have been sharing a list of writing prompts every Monday. Most of the prompts are in themed lists, and you can find them all in the following list:
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In fact, I have shared over 100 prompts so far!
While I will publish more in the coming weeks, this felt like a good moment to take a breath, and to reflect on what writing prompts are for. To think about how and why to use them, and how we can find our own sources of inspiration.
In doing so, I’ve come up with the following 9 ways that writing prompts can help you as a writer.