Writing prompts to emotionally reconnect

• The reason why this idea won’t work at all is… / The worst part of my idea is…
• What I’m ashamed to say is…
• I’m scared of…
• Everyone expects me to say X here, but…
• The thing I’m not allowed to say is…
• I fucking hate the way…
• People X,Y,Z completely misunderstand…
• Person X is missing the deeper point:
• I’m completely in awe of…
• I find X witheringly boring because…
• I’m not willing to acknowledge that my real problem here is…

This list is largely based on ideas Michael Nielsen has expressed in conversation and in his Notes on creative context.