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Writing Prompts and Helpful Exercises in 22 Categories
Most writers hit that sweet spot where they face a blank page in a notebook or computer screen and drum their fingers. It’s not that they’ve run out of ideas…no, never that.
Their wells are still plenty full, but maybe the cogs need a shot of grease.
The genre definitions, writing prompts, and gentle exercises in any of the categories are for you, author, to borrow and wring to fit your unique situation. Look for the solution to your character’s woe in any category: journalism or setting, youth writing, research, or the pages on writing middles or beginnings.
We writers are creative folk, and we eat twenty-two categories of potential scenarios for breakfast. Use our suggestions for writing exercises to pop your cork on the bottled-up desperation to get to the next page. And if you need a real jolt, come spend time with us at Novel-In-Progress Bookcamp and Writing Retreat.
Their wells are still plenty full, but maybe the cogs need a shot of grease.
The genre definitions, writing prompts, and gentle exercises in any of the categories are for you, author, to borrow and wring to fit your unique situation. Look for the solution to your character’s woe in any category: journalism or setting, youth writing, research, or the pages on writing middles or beginnings.
We writers are creative folk, and we eat twenty-two categories of potential scenarios for breakfast. Use our suggestions for writing exercises to pop your cork on the bottled-up desperation to get to the next page. And if you need a real jolt, come spend time with us at Novel-In-Progress Bookcamp and Writing Retreat.
32 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 1, 2021
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July 16, 2021
I am a beginning writer (1.5 novels completed) and I had hoped that this book would have more exercises in it that would be helpful for future and my current book. That really wasn't the case, however. While there were some good prompts in the book that I made notes of, I will keep looking for another book that has more substance in it that I would want to actually buy and keep rather than just take a few notes from.
July 1, 2021
I’ve appreciated the talented Lisa Lickel’s novels and cozy mysteries and now, partnered with David Rank, I’m enjoying Writing Prompts and Helpful Exercises… As a columnist, it’s valuable for those panicky moments when a deadline looms. When I flipped through and combined “Recall your first, or first memorable date. What do you remember about it?” with “Jot down recollections. What do you want your epitaph to reveal about you?” I came up with an essay about how I would live the last day of my life. I included a humorous apology to an old boyfriend.
Thanks, David Rank and Lisa Lickel, for the handy treasure box of inspiration.
Thanks, David Rank and Lisa Lickel, for the handy treasure box of inspiration.
December 4, 2022
Good Information and Creative Advice
This is a very quick instructive read. I zipped through it in no time, to get some good info. Now I can go back through, pick out my genre and work in some of the suggested exercises. The authors give some good information and creative advice for writing your best work in your chosen genre. This book will be an asset to any writer.
This is a very quick instructive read. I zipped through it in no time, to get some good info. Now I can go back through, pick out my genre and work in some of the suggested exercises. The authors give some good information and creative advice for writing your best work in your chosen genre. This book will be an asset to any writer.
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