The Genre Writer's Book of Writing Prompts & Story Ideas: 540 Creative Writing Prompts in the Genres of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror & ... ... Genre Writer's Creativity Collection 1)

by The Mayday Writing Collective

Kick start your imagination with more than 500 writing prompts!

Every writer knows there's nothing worse than a nasty case of writer's block. Hours wasted staring at a blank page, the feeling of being creatively stunted—it's awful! We at the Mayday writing team have written more than a hundred books and we know the feeling all too well.

We also know the Curiosity-piquing, hand-crafted writing prompts and story ideas to revitalize your imagination. Our team—representing three continents and five countries—has labored over 540 writing prompts in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery & thriller, horror & supernatural, and memoir writing, and we present them to you to stretch your writing skills and start that next killer story.

Each prompt is 100% fully yours to use, no strings (or royalties) attached.

The Mayday writing team's prompts and story ideas are completely unique, with none of the bloat of suspiciously copious collections. They will supercharge your imagination, challenge your writer's brain, and help you unlock your potential as a master storyteller.

Getting started is easy. Roll a random number to choose your prompt—or work through the pre-randomized genre sections—and write for 90 seconds. That's it. If you decide to write for longer that's great, but 90 seconds a prompt is all you need to start building your creative habits.

You can do this. And you can start today, right now. Happy writing!

Genres: Writing

552 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 8, 2019

Reviews

[L. J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

The prompts are interesting, I’ll admit, but not interesting enough that I’d use them to write something. Hopefully, someone else will become inspired by them but this gal gives zero shits. Also, I swear I’ve seen someone use this cover before, and it was for something like this. Maybe I’m remembering this one? Onward to another book!

[Vicky Peplow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite useful

A lot of these were quite interesting a possibly useful but didn't really see anything that sparked my interest but it did give me my own ideas so thank you.

[Aimee Ballard · Rating 5 out of 5]

The concept was intriguing, and there were parts I thoroughly enjoyed, but overall it felt underdeveloped. The pacing was inconsistent, with a few slow chapters that were hard to get through. Some characters shone, while others felt like afterthoughts. It’s a decent read, but I expected a bit more polish.

[Rosie Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

While there were some interesting ideas here, the execution was a bit lacking. The pacing was off, and I found myself losing interest in the middle. It had some great moments, but they were overshadowed by slower parts. It’s worth a read, but it didn’t blow me away.