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11 Inspirational Writing Prompts To Help You Write

Emily Stroia
2 min readMar 18, 2019

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Being a writer has it’s ups and downs.

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One minute you are inspired and can’t wait to sit down and write. You have a million ideas and words ready to flow through you. You are in your creative zone of genius and it feels great!

Then something happens.

We get imposter syndrome.

We feel overwhelmed and stuck at where to go next in our writing.

Our inner critic comes out and persuades us to go without writing for just one day.

One day turns into another day which turns into a week and then before you know it you haven’t put a word down in who knows how long!

Haha. The irony of being a writer.

I know how it feels. This has been my own process so many times!

I love to write and yet honestly sometimes I can’t find the words. Or I start critiquing my writing in my head even before it hits the paper.

It sucks.

That’s why I put together some of my favorite writing prompts that help me get in the flow and hopefully will for you too!

One of my favorite writing prompts from Natalie Goldberg’s book, Living the Writer Life:

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Emily Stroia
Emily Stroia

Written by Emily Stroia

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. I write about mental health, healing from trauma, and finding self again. Stay for a while. www.emilystroia.com

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