Swapped writing prompts with a friend for a month. Night and day difference.

I always used these vague prompts like "write about a secret." They were too open. Got nowhere. My buddy gave me a prompt that said something like "your character finds a key in a jacket they haven't worn since 2019." Specific right? I wrote three pages in one sitting. The details just locked me in. I've been rewriting all my prompts that way now. Small locations, odd objects, exact times. Anyone else find that super specific prompts work way better than broad ones?

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perry.jesse1h ago

Totally get that. Specifics just click.