I finally filled a notebook with 100 story ideas and it feels strange

I started keeping a small black notebook in my bag about eight months ago, just to jot down quick prompts when they hit me. I never really counted them, but this morning I flipped through and realized I had exactly one hundred little ideas written down. Some are just a line, like 'a librarian who can smell lies,' and others are a bit longer, like a full scene about someone finding a door in their attic that wasn't there yesterday. Hitting that round number made me stop. It's not that I wrote a hundred stories, it's that I have a hundred seeds and now I don't know what to plant first. It feels more overwhelming than exciting, like I've been collecting shells but never built the sandcastle. Has anyone else hit a big prompt count and felt stuck on what to actually start writing?

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angelapalmer9d ago

Pick one and start, or you never will.

ross.kelly9d ago

Actually, sometimes you need to pick two.