“Inspiration is tied to innovation, and innovation is a deliberate act.” — Dinty Moore during a Craft Talks webinar.

More from Dinty:

Prompts are effective because they allow us to deliberately reach to fresh material, new territory.

We are artists and we succeed by being innovative and deliberate.

Go where you want to go in your writing . . . maybe something new.

Trust that you’re going to find something when writing with prompts.

Read the prompt.

Don’t overthink it.

Take a breath and respond.

Allow yourself to be surprised.

Don’t judge. Don’t over edit.

Marlene adds:  Especially don’t edit as you freewrite.

Just Write!