Observations On Vocal's Excellent Free Prompt Articles
Do Many Creators Use Them?
Introduction
I was looking for something to write about and couldn't see anything immediately in the official and unofficial challenges, so I then went to the Resources Tips page. Unfortunately, this has not been updated in over two years, but that does not mean it is not useful.
My recent Challenge observations are here:
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What I Found
The tips section is here:
While I don't use them every time, they are a great fallback with a lot of great starting points, but there are very few comments and not that many hearts on the articles. The highest has 46 hearts, and the lowest has 7, but it may be that creators drop in and don't leave a comment or heart.
I know I have done that, so I have now left a heart on each piece because I do appreciate them being there. I have used these in the past and may use them today, but I can't track down previous examples, although I always link to the Vocal article where I found the prompt.
Conclusion
Vocal provides a lot of help to create your stories, although it is up to us to promote our stories. Still, Vocal subscriptions, reciprocity and the Facebook Groups can help a great deal.
I'll leave you with a few of my favourite Facebook Vocal groups in a poem.
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Comments (5)
I knew about the Resources pages, but I had forgotten about the prompts. I should check them out sometime. I'm starting to run a bit dry on things to write that aren't bigger projects. Thanks for writing about this, Mike. Oh, and if you're looking for another Unofficial Challenge, Lana posted one this morning that you might want to check out: https://shopping-feedback.today/fiction/i-want-to-go-home-yt4d600fj%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="w4qknv-Replies">.css-w4qknv-Replies{display:grid;gap:1.5rem;}
I can't tell you when I've clicked on resources. It's been forever. So I don't use these prompts, but it's extremely helpful to be reminded that they are there. It has not been updated in two years? I also did not know that. It's lovely to know that you will be using these prompts. Always nice to know that we will be seeing more from you. This was a very helpful article. Thank you for looking out for us Mike, especially with the Facebook groups mentioned at the end 🤗❤️🖤
I didn't even know that page existed! Pretty cool though, I might go check it out ^_^
I have read a few of them and thanks for sharing.
Never used them.