Question about a writing prompt trend I noticed on a site last month

I was browsing a big prompt site and saw the top 50 prompts from January versus April. In January, about 70% were simple one-line fantasy or sci-fi setups. By April, that dropped to maybe 30%. The new top prompts are all these complex, multi-part scenarios with specific rules and constraints, like 'write a dialogue where every sentence is a lie' or 'describe a city where memories are currency, but only from the view of a forgetful banker'. The shift happened fast, over about 90 days. It feels like the bar for what's considered a 'good' prompt got a lot higher, almost overnight. Has anyone else had to change how they come up with ideas because of this?

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the_willow17d ago

Feel the same pressure, honestly.

sandra20317d ago

My dad always said to break big tasks into three small steps.