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Pro tip: Bartending tales can save your writing prompt routine

I always found writing prompt sites kinda boring. They often repeat stuff like 'a magic door' or 'a talking animal'. It never sparked any good ideas for me. So, I decided to add things from my bartending job. For instance, I used a prompt about a secret and made it about a customer's hidden tab. I wrote a short piece, and it got picked for a community blog. Feels pretty cool to turn a lame process into something that works, lol.

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holly_williams2911d ago

Yeah turning a lame process into something that works is key. I used to wait tables and those weird customer interactions became my best story ideas. Real stuff just hits different.

stone.thomas11d ago

Weird customer interactions" became story ideas? That's wild to me because I always tried to forget those awkward moments right away. I can't imagine sitting down to write them out. That's actually a pretty clever way to use that stress.