Well, I wouldn’t say that a five minute freewrite has no meaning 😉 In many ways the we-writes are really meant to be a fun exercise. Don’t get me wrong, I love a long story when it’s done well, and definitely appreciate the effort that goes into longer endings. But not everyone might have the time to write one, and not every piece of writing needs a philosophical or deep meaning. Short endings/continuations have their merit, too 😊

As a side note, I don’t think the prompts are “amorphous”. I do have to be open-ended to allow writers more freedom in their endings, so my aim is to create a situation with characters that people want to elaborate on. Still characters I wrote, mind you, but I try to cut the story at a point where it could go in different directions. Launching into a bunch of backstory or personal opinions probably wouldn’t make for a fun prompt 😅