Prompts can offer you a lift-off point to write from, a way to free associate without worrying about having to tie it to any ultimate goal. You just take a simple notion and write a few lines or even a page around that one idea. You can start or end with it, use as dialog or work it into exposition. Try the one below and see where it takes you!
Today’s Prompt: Where did I park the car?
Linda, do you still coach medical writers? I just finished your book, “Just What the Doctor Ordered”, and tried to contact you on your yahoo email from the book. I’m a physician medical writer from Bridgewater, CT