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Do prompts make us better writers?
Many poets enjoy participating in prompts. Do they make us better writers? Are there creative benefits in following someone else structure and does that potentially leading the narrative?
A while back, Marcus aka Gregory Maidman kindly tagged me in a post he wrote highlighting a selection of poets he enjoyed reading on KTHT — specifically the 30 Day Challenge, which I participated in last year. His tag got me thinking critically about the power of a prompt and how the prompt can directly impact the quality as well as the volume of a writer’s work. This essay is my exploration of the creative benefits of writing to a prompt and an opportunity to reflect on why the prompt as a writing method works for so many people.
Below is the original extract from his post and the link to the article:
One of the wonderful things about poetry is the wide array of responses that prompts will inspire from different poets. That’s why (mostly 😉) I created several curated collections of responses to Diana’s 30-in-30 challenge, featuring the works of several excellent poets, including Top Poet: Joseph Lieungh, Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D., Tree Langdon, Dr. Fatima Imam, Melanie J, Kim…
