prompts class

In October I took a writing class from Narratively Academy. It was called 30 Days - 30 Prompts. The teacher, Amy Barnes, a reader for Narratively magazine, sent out a prompt every morning for the month and we responded with 500 words and then responded to each other's work. I took the class for one reason - I wanted to get inspired to write regularly again and it worked. I wrote to all thirty prompts during class and kept the momentum going. Several of the 500 word prompt responses have now become longer, fuller essays, and a lot of ideas that have been hanging around in my mind and notebooks have now found their way to at least rough draft stage. I have more essays submitted to magazines and literary reviews now than I have had in at least two years. It feels good to be back in the cycle and sending out pieces and getting responses.