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Noticed my writing prompts got way more detailed after I started using real conversations overheard at coffee shops
I used to just make up random scenarios for my prompts. But like 2 years ago I started writing down bits of dialogue I heard at the Daily Grind near my apartment. Now my prompts have way more specific tension and conflict. The other day I heard a woman say "I can't believe you left the dog in the car again" and turned that into a whole prompt about a road trip gone wrong. Anybody else pull from real life overheard stuff?
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the_rose23d agoMost Upvoted
Oh great, now I need to carry a voice recorder everywhere just so I don't lose that goldmine of a couple screaming about a busted fence.
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karen_perry3824d ago
Damn right I notice this. People are so careless with their real conversations they don't realize they're handing out gold. I've built a whole folder of overheard stuff from the hardware store parking lot alone. One guy was yelling "you promised you'd fix the fence last summer" and I turned that into a story about a couple on the verge of divorce over a broken gate. It's like people show their whole lives in those little moments, the raw stuff nobody bothers to write down on purpose. Real life has better conflict than anything you can make up sitting in your room.
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