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The moment I realized I was writing prompts all wrong
I spent like 6 months writing these super detailed prompts with 10+ character backstories and full world lore. Took me 3 hours per prompt easy. Then I posted one that was just "a guy finds a key in his soup" and it got 50 responses. My buddy Mark at the writing group pointed out that the shorter ones left room for people to add their own ideas. I was just boxing everyone in. Anyone else have that "oh so I'm the problem" moment with your writing?
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thomas.tyler22d ago
Wait, you're saying less prep actually works better? I used to think more detail meant more quality but I'm starting to see your point lol.
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amy15410d ago
yeah honestly i used to think writing a whole novel in my outreach was like showing off how much effort i put in, turns out people just saw it as a wall of text and hit delete lol. @jennifer965 is right, i switched from these long paragraphs to like two or three lines and suddenly people actually read what i sent. guess my blabbering was getting in the way of myself haha
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