# RFC: Oblique Strategies | writing prompts, reflection, creator's block

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/rfc-oblique-strategies-writing-prompts-reflection-creators-block/9997>\
**Category:** Plugins ideas (Archival in progress)\
**Created:** [December 14, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/rfc-oblique-strategies-writing-prompts-reflection-creators-block/9997 "2020-12-14T21:29:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![EleanorKonik](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/eleanorkonik/32/6180_2.png) [@EleanorKonik](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/EleanorKonik)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/rfc-oblique-strategies-writing-prompts-reflection-creators-block/9997/2 "2020-12-14T22:16:11Z")

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As a writer, I love it. I would love to use something like this to trigger daily writing exercises for flash fiction. If you’re asking what I’d change / add, for me the main thing would be the

> the ability for users to create their own cards and have them appear at random.

part: I would love a way to sort of pull from a variable list. For example, some of my favorite writing prompts tend to be formatted like:

1. Include these ($3-5) words: $1 $2 $3 $4 $5
2. Begin with a word that starts with $RandomLetters
3. Take place at a $location or a $location.

…etc.

I find that “write your own prompts” en total tend to be less inspiring because you kind of already know them and if you’re the one who thought of it, you already generally have a thought about it? The randomness element or creativity prompts is important to me.

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