The Writer's Book of Matches: 1,001 Prompts to Ignite Your Fiction (Writers Digest) | 
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Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 285269
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.1 x 1
ISBN: 158297411X
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.3
EAN: 9781582974118
ASIN: 158297411X
Publication Date: November 1, 2005
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Product Description
Designed to help writers find inspiration anytime, anywhere, The Writer's Book of Matches is both muse and exercise partner for beginning and professional writers. This dynamic title: Is jam-packed with 1,001 creative prompts - more than any other book on the market Provides a spectrum of prompts, including situational, dialogue oriented, and point-of-view changing exercises 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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 Too Racy for High School October 9, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this book in hopes of using it for writing ideas for my Freshman English class. Unfortunately the prompts are more for adults than for high school students.
 Very good, very helpful January 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This booked as given me many ideas for stories and every time I crack it open another idea comes up. Whether you take the suggestions as is, or you change up a little something about each prompt, you won't find yourself hurting for ideas. Definitely a book that I think a writer needs in their library.
Uhm,,, Well... November 22, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was not a *bad* book. I just didn't feel like it was a *great* book. But I do think that it would be a wonderful aide to english teachers who are needing some fresh ideas for a creative writing class.
 Not an Appropriate Teaching Tool for High School Creative Writing Class June 28, 2007
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is very adult-oriented with topics of infidelity & mortality as well as others we adults can too easily relate, which actually lacks in creativity due to the "real life"/"slice of life" aspects of most of the topics. I find it quite depressing overall, but a creative writer can turn a mundane topic into anything he or she desires, so this is not a problem for us adults. What is a concern for me is that I bought this book for more innovative ideas for high schoolers, esp the three methods the author utilizes and the methods for adaptations ("rolling" a die). The book description does not claim its audience includes high schoolers, so I am not faulting it for my disappointment. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a good topic book for their age bracket that is not autobiographical in nature. As an adult writer, though, I will opine that the depressing nature of most of the topics does not encourage even me to want to use but perhaps a select few in this nicely arranged book. I plan to modify many topics and some I will certainly use with my students simply to justify the money spent & avoid shipping costs to return it. Overall, though, I wish I had been able to preview the book first b/c I would not have invested in it---a downfall to shopping online.
Best Idea Generator I've found! February 25, 2007
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is the book I turn to again and again when I'm stuck for ideas. I love the fact that it isn't filled with essay titles such as: "Your worst day in college", or "Your first time seeing snow." I need active ideas to spark my creativity and this book does just that.
When stuck, I'll open the book to a random page and grab the first dialogue entry I see then run with it. Such as, "Shut up, man. She'll hear you." My mind instantly begins weaving an entire scene, what the characters look like, and more. Bits of dialogue, taken from real life or a book such as this are one of the greatest ways I've found to beat writer's block and add freshness when I feel my story is lagging. It does have many scene ideas as well, such as: While working on the air conditioning, a father finds some loose floorboards in his teenager's bedroom.
I rented this from the library and after bringing it home I immediately ordered it through Amazonn.
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