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My writing group in Austin fell apart over a single prompt last year

We were meeting at the library downtown, and the leader gave us 'write a story about a door that shouldn't be opened'. I wrote a horror piece, but this one guy just kept arguing that the prompt was 'limiting his voice'. He went on for twenty minutes, and the whole vibe died. Now I only use prompts by myself at home. Does anyone else find group settings kill the fun sometimes?
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sarah829
sarah8292mo ago
That "limiting his voice" argument sounds familiar. My friend's pottery class ended when one person insisted the assigned bowl shape was oppressive.
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emma_clark
emma_clark2mo ago
Yeah the "oppressive bowl shape" thing is too real. I mean, sometimes a class is just a class, you know?
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the_piper
the_piper2mo ago
My last watercolor was a protest piece.
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