Write Yourself Out of a Corner: 100 Exercises to Unlock Creativity

ISBN: 0393541843

Author: LaPlante, Alice

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100 imagination-stretching writing exercises inspired by the idea of creative constraints, from the author of The Making of a Story.When you are facing down a blank page (or screen), a constraint-based prompt-for example, you must use the words cloud and green or you must set the scene in a crowded grocery store-can get your brain working in unexpected ways.In this creative writing guide, longtime teacher and novelist Alice LaPlante shares 100 original exercises that will simultaneously push you into a corner and give you the tools to write yourself out of it. LaPlante explains the purpose of each exercise-to sharpen your ear for dialogue, generate surprising images, or access intense emotions-and breaks down student examples to reveal how to achieve these goals. Whether you are looking to jumpstart new ideas or find a fresh angle on a work in progress, and whether you write fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry, Write Yourself Out of a Corner will strengthen your imagination and your craft.