This platform helps writers with daily prompts to build consistency

If yoursquove ever faced a blank document and no concrete deadline chances are that document is still blank and that idea is still floating around in your head Working through the trap of procrastination or writerrsquos block to keep practising your craft can be tough The good folks at Bound India know this and offer help in the form of weekly prompts called Writer Wednesday These midweek prompts comprise worded or visual prompts released on their Instagram handle and offer writers a chance to get started with and work their way into a piece mdash whether poetry fiction or non fiction mdash from one angle or the otherMichelle Drsquocosta Samiksha Ransom and Saher SalimMichelle Drsquocosta head of learning and community highlights that with writing creatives often lack consistency community and feedback ldquoWe aim to deal with the issues that writers face and provide them that push towards creativityrdquo she notes Once the prompt is released participants can share their responses to it on the platformrsquos WhatsApp group which aims to build a community of writers to facilitate peer reviews community sharing constructive feedback and habit building Drsquocosta tells us that the group is a good way to find a buddy to write and read with for motivation Creatives can also network find opportunities for work or collaboration share reading recommendations or approach Bound for help in writing Some interesting yet simple prompts include writing about life underwater the colour green and even suggestions like walking to the kitchen to pick up a plate and making it the protagonist in your storyLog on to boundindia linktreeBoundHow writers use prompts Donrsquot overthink Drsquocosta explains that often with an idea in mind writers might require a nudge as motivation or an entry point to craft the idea out Prompts provide the nudge Explaining how prompts have helped her she adds ldquoDonrsquot overthink a prompt so itrsquos easier to get started it takes some of the pressure off and you can finish a piece instead of judging every line as you writerdquo Find prompts everywhere With prompts serving as an entry point to writing Saher Salim author and media producer shares that prompts donrsquot necessarily need to be words or a photograph given by a platform Instead experiences memories songs and even reading another writerrsquos approach to a topic can trigger new thoughts and help a person write ldquoPrompts from different spaces and places can come in a variety of formsrdquo Salim tells us Charting new territories Samiksha Ransom writer and student shares that while common advice instructs writers to lsquowrite what they knowrsquo itrsquos good practice to get out of onersquos comfort zone and use prompts to explore unfamiliar lands She adds ldquoI only go for unusual prompts or the ones that arenrsquot topics that I would usually write about Itrsquos like taking a risk and moving beyond what I know and thatrsquos when some of my most interesting writing flows throughrdquoSharpen the penFor monthly promptsSubmit a 50 to 500 word response to a visual written in an hourLog on to visualverseorg For daily promptsYou have 60 seconds to write and submit to a singleword prompt and hours to read other writersrsquo responsesLog on to onewordcom For habitbuildingComedian Bindu Raorsquos WhatsApp group releases five prompts a day in the form of questions and asks writers to submit responses of two to three lines dailyLog on to notbindurao For genrebased promptsThis guide provides 72 prompts across genres that can help you start your storyLog on to smartbloggercomcreativewritingprompts