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Writers Book of Matches

ISBN13: 9781582974934
ISBN10: 1582974934
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Go ahead. Play with matches.

Not the usual advice, is it? But doing so will help you find inspiration, overcome writer's block, and develop a writing habit - forever. Sounds like a big promise for such a tiny little book...but it's true.

Inside, you'll discover more than 1,000 writing prompts designed to get your creative first burning. Consider each prompt a match of sorts, capable of starting anything from a tiny blaze (a short story) to a raging inferno (a novel).

You'll also find guidelines for using these matches to boost your creativity in fun, unexpected ways, along with dozens of inspirational quotes from some of the world's greatest writers.

So open the book. Pick a match. Starting a fire has never been so easy.

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Designed to help writers find inspiration anytime, anywhere, The Writer's Book of Matches is both a muse and exercise partner for beginning and professional writers that effectively helps with story starters, imagination exercises, and writer's block breakers. This dynamic title is jam-packed with 1,001 creative prompts (more than any other book on the market!); includes situational, dialogue oriented, and point-of-view changing exercises; and, shares dozens of sidebars containing humorous and inspiring quotes from famous authors about the writing life, idea creation, and writer's block. With appendices that show writers how to adapt the prompts in new and exciting ways, this book of writing matches will ignite writers' creative fires for years to come.

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: almamah, February 17, 2007 (view all comments by almamah)
I still have not written any stories based on the many fun and intriguing prompts in this book, but I still keep it on top of my stack of books beside my bed.
Perfect for anyone who wants to write stories but needs ideas, this book not only has them, it also tells you different ways of playing with the ideas it provides!
Until I get around to using it for the purpose for which it was created, it's a lot of fun to flip through at night, just before I fall asleep -- I like to think it gives me ideas to dream about. And considering that a lot of my story ideas have come to me in my dreams, perhaps I WILL soon be using this book to write another book of my own!
Highly recommended, and a lot of fun.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9781582974934
Subtitle:: 1,001 Prompts to Ignite Your Fiction
Publisher:: Writers Digest Books
Author:: Staff of Fresh Boiled Peanuts
Subject:: Composition & Creative Writing - General
Publication Date:: May 2007
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Y
Pages:: 252
Dimensions:: 6.76x5.00x.66 in. .79 lbs.

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