Almost all writers need to jump-start their writing occasionally and using prompts on a daily basis can really help with that.

Personally, I think that daily writing prompts are so useful I wrote a book full of them.

If you'd like to try using prompts, and like the idea of them popping up on your phone, there is a fantastic prompt app available called Daily Prompt, and I recently had the chance to catch up with its co-creator Ryan Lindsey.

I wanted to understand how he came up with idea for creating such an app in the first place and how writers are using prompts to drive their writing habits.

In this interview we discuss:

The idea behind The Daily Prompt
How they come up with ideas for prompts
The community of writers that's developed within the app
Gamification within the app to encourage daily writing
The introduction of competitions in the app
Keeping all the writing that's done in the app safe and secure

Resources:

The Daily Prompt
Deviant Art
Day One
the.fitness.hippie

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Using Prompts to Jump-Start Your Writing with Daily Prompt Co-creator Ryan Lindsey