For Christmas, my daughter Kathleen bought me a subscription to Storyworth \u2013 which is a site that prompts you each week with a question, has you write up a short answer, and at the end of the year publishes a physical book with all those answers printed. I appreciated the thought behind the gift \u2013 but at first, I didn’t see the value. I already write fairly regularly, so Storyworth at first seemed like a burden \u2013 something that I would need to do that would actually steal time from other creative activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I started getting writing prompts from Storyworth shortly after Christmas, but it took me about a month (plus some prompting from my wife) to invest time in it. After writing up one or two answers to the questions, I actually started seeing the value:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since I started a month late, I found myself having to double the pace \u2013 answering two prompts a week instead of one, just to keep up. It’s not a bad thing, but it’s funny and interesting how much it is pulling me into actually flexing my creative writing muscle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I mentioned above, I initially thought Storyworth was a bad\/redundant thing \u2013 but I’ve come to appreciate it, and I’m happy that I’m doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks, Kathleen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For Christmas, my daughter Kathleen bought me a subscription to Storyworth \u2013 which is a site that prompts you each week with a question, has you write up a short answer, and at the end of the year publishes a physical book with all those answers printed. I appreciated the thought behind the gift \u2013 … <\/p>\n