Push a Pencil: 40 Prompts to Further Develop Your Creative Writing

by Kat Caldwell

This isn't just a book of writing prompts, this is a writing journal. With fun, descriptive ideas, space to write, and examples this is a book you can take and use anywhere. The prompts range from a character waking up in a trench in WWI to a spell causing your character to speak as they write on social media. Cultivate Your Writing Craft is great for any writer, no matter what the experience, to get their creative juices flowing. Cultivate your craft using characters you already created or make up new ones. Use this book in a writing group and compare with your writing friends! Your imagination is endless, but sometimes you need a new idea to grow a story from. Use these prompts as a way to start a new story or add to one you already have!

166 pages, Paperback

Published March 10, 2019

About the author

Kat is a novelist and short story writer. She writes everyday and can’t seem to stick to a genre, having dabbled in historical fiction, contemporary family drama and romance, as well as speculative fiction. Kat is the creator of the Pencils&Lipstick podcast, a podcast for writers with author interviews, craft talk and insight into the publishing world. She is also an accredited Author Accelerator fiction book coach. In between conducting interviews for her podcast and writing, you can find Kat traveling the world, reading, or volunteering with her church—always with a cup of cold brew close by.

Reviews

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although writing prompts of all kinds can be easily obtained, not all can provide the inspiration one needs.

After reading Kat Caldwell’s Push a Pencil: 40 Prompts to Further Develop Your Creative Writing, I experienced an itch (which is how best I can explain it!) to start writing. The 40 prompts cover different subjects and give suggestions as to how you can follow them. The great majority of them have examples from the author, which is something I had never encountered before. I found the examples to be useful in understanding the prompts.
Anyone can benefit from using them. If you’re a romance writer, you’re covered. The same can be said for those writing political thrillers, sci-fi and fantasy, fan fic, memoir, etc.
Among my favorites are: #5 - Tough Love, #22 - Six Strangers and a Camera, #26 - Fan Fiction, #34 - Tale of Old, and #37 - Write What You Know.

A free copy was offered as a gift to the subscribers of the author’s newsletter. My review is of my own free will, in appreciation of the wonderful book I received!

[H.M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has some fun prompts to get the writing gears moving in my head. I can definitely use them in my writing. I’ll have to adapt them for my chosen genre, of course, but it’s definitely something that can help me get started.