Showerthought: I counted my abandoned prompt file and found 137 unfinished ideas, that was the number that got me | Creative Writing Prompts

Joseph Wilson · 2026-10-04T02:30:02.917304+00:00

I always figured my problem was not having enough prompt ideas, so I kept a giant running doc and added to it anytime something popped in my head. Last Sunday I actually scrolled the whole thing and counted 137 openers I never went back to, some from two winters ago, which told me the real block was finishing, not starting. So the thing I flipped on is treating prompts like collectibles, and now I want to know, does anyone here cap how many drafts they keep going at once, or do you just let them pile up like I did?

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Showerthought: I counted my abandoned prompt file and found 137 unfinished ideas, that was the number that got me | Creative Writing Prompts - Thought Shares