: Articles Resources Join Our Writing Community Select Page Writing Prompt : Give Your Character an Insecurity by Sue Weems Want to write a book  Sign up for our new free course , Ready , Prep , Write : Create a Summer Book Writing Plan. Learn more and sign up . here Iâ ve been working through revisions , and last week I found myself discouraged , feeling like I would never be finished . I needed a short , fun writing prompt to get some new words on the page and break up my revision schedule . An overheard conversation inspired this quick flash fiction writing prompt . See if it sparks a new story for you too Last week , I overheard a conversation at a neighboring table where a woman said , âHeâ s always trying to prove himself . It makes him look less competent than he is.â I