Hot take: spending $60 on a writing prompt book was a total waste

Everyone on here keeps recommending those prompt collections with the fancy covers but I grabbed one at Barnes last month and it was just 200 variations of 'write about a locked door.' I flipped through the whole thing in 15 minutes and didnt find a single unique idea. The free prompts on this subreddit are way better than anything I got from that book. Anybody else feel like paid prompt resources are overhyped?

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clark.alex1mo ago

That one had 212 prompts, not 200.

wendy6281mo ago

lol I gotta ask though, was that a typo in the original post or did you actually count them all? Because if you're sitting there manually counting prompts, that's some next level dedication my friend. Not judging, just genuinely curious why that number sticks out to you. Was it because the total was off by more than just a few? Or is there something about hitting exactly 212 that makes a difference in how you're reading it?

the_christopher1mo ago

A buddy of mine once spent an entire weekend counting the exact number of tiles in his bathroom because a random Reddit thread said a standard floor should have a different amount. He got so into it he even emailed the tile company to ask about factory errors. So yeah, I can totally see someone hitting 212 and that being a genuine thing just from getting lost in a weird hyperfixation.