Daily Cascade

On Writing Prompts

Prompt: Writing Prompts
Do you like writing prompts? If so, what do you like about them and which kinds of writing prompts inspire you the most?

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I don't just like writing prompts, but I really, truly love them. Without them, I'd be flailing about on what to write.

I try to write to all kinds of prompts. At this time, however, there are only three of us giving out the prompts in Blog City. This is fine because I'm sure we all try to send interesting enough questions to our bloggers.

I don't write with other blogging groups because I want to concentrate on one idea per day, since when I have the time, I like to give it enough attention. Mostly, when I write, I don't just answer the question, but I stretch my answers toward the ideas the question incites that also interest me.

Surely, I wouldn't like to write too much against or for something too strongly, even if I have my own stance and choices. This is because I made my blog mostly public and I don't want to hurt other people with what I may say.

This, my middle-of-the-road way of writing, may also be the result of my two sons' conflicting stances. Case in point, one of them is on the extreme right politically, while the other is on the extreme left on everything, and over the years, I learned to walk the line in between them. Believe me, that wasn't easy. And as difficult as everything became with the ai, which companies usually botch up--and I don't mean WdC's going through a revival here--my middle-of-the-road stance with my sons has always felt the most difficult.

See, that's why I love blogging. From prompts, I could jump to my sons, to ai, and to what is difficult or not.

All this is because I take prompts as suggestions and I feel free to write whatever comes as a result. Some days, I'm more thoughtful, others frivolous. But that's okay. After all, to me, writing is playing.