The Writer's Idea Book
by Jack Heffron
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Author: Jack HeffronEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-11-15
ISBN: 158297179X
Number of pages: 262
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
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Book Review: A Treasure Trove of Ideas to get you started writing
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're looking for a treasure trove of writing exercises to get you started writing, look no further than The Writer's Idea Book by Jack Heffron. He starts by identifying what he calls the Enemies of Creativity: The Procrastinator, The Victim, The Talker, The Critic and the Judge and discusses how to subdue them strategies to subdue them. He then outline some genereal techniques for generating story ideas (such as clustering, listing, cut and paste in Chapter Four: Getting Ready to Write). Subsequent chapters are organized around a them theme a such as Love and Sex ( Chapter Eleven: The Love You Make) Travel ( Chapter Ten: What's Your Road Man?) Places ( Chapter Twenty- Three Vast is the Power of Cities) each filled with dozens of excellent writing prompts.
Here's an example of a writing prompt from The Love You Make, Chapter 88.
"Describe the nature and feeling of love to someone who has never had the experience - a young person perhaps or someone who simple has never been smitten. What insights and advice can you offer?" ( p. 91).
Doing the exercises in just one of these chapters will inspire material for endless stories, poems and novels you might write. It's always handy to have a book such as this whenever you get stuck, sort of a reference of ideas for inspiration.
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