I've found writing prompts useful in the past, to the point where I was doing micro or flash fiction every day.
Until I got burnt out because, of course, I went over-board and made it a chore; made the fun thing not fun.
I have to spend a lot of time managing and accounting for my brain's natural inclination for extremes (i.e. unable to start or unable to stop). So, I'm going to try using prompts in a different way than I have - less prescriptive.
I used a random word generator and created this list. I'm not going to set up the expectation they're to be done on the daily. Some I might skip, or just ignore the order. As long as I'm writing, that's a win.
OK, I do have one criteria I've set myself: the fic will be focused on mothman and/or other cryptids where possible. I just think they're neat.