1,000 Creative Writing Prompts: Ideas for Blogs, Scripts, Stories and More Paperback – April 12, 2011

Author, Creativity Coach and Actor Bryan Cohen has taken the many lessons he learned from his acting days and crafted a gold mine of writing prompts for every imaginable occasion and age. As Bryan describes in his introduction, "the prompts include over 50 different subjects including holidays race, romantic comedy, childhood, prom and even the American Dream."Coming up with fresh, new ideas is a challenge for any writer. This writing resource book provides a wealth of ideas to pull from -both unique and universal. His introduction includes helpful information about writing in general as well as instructions on how to use the prompts. The writing samples on different ways to use the prompts enhance the information.The prompts range from the simple. " Best Halloween costume you've ever been in. Go through the entire process of creating it and the reactions of your peers" to the bizarre and mystical, "You see an actual ghost on Halloween! Not necessarily an angry one, but definitely a depressed ghost. How do you help him cope with death and his haunting afterlife?"Because the topics are categorized, one can easily find a prompt for many different occasions. He even devotes a section "For the Kids."His main message is to keep on writing and if you feel stuck, these 1000 creative prompts may help you find your way to your own creativity.Bryan's passion for writing and for helping others is evident in this ambitious creative endeavor. He wrote every prompt and you cannot help but feel your creative juices flowing when you read through them.I highly recommend this focused writer's resource book for anyone interested in finding ideas for their story.

I preface this review by making clear that I am writing for free on Amazon and as a way of helping me to understand various facets of life (although I have been confused for a paid reviewer in the past). With that out of the way, this kindlebook of 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts; Ideas For Blogs, Scripts, Stories and More by Bryan Cohen is a multi-faceted kindlebook to get whether a person is writing for creative writing therapy andor as a writer who aims to be published. Some of the writing prompts featured; birthdays, spring season, shining school achievement, college prompts (such as a class that changed your life), creative writing travel prompts (such as describing the best vacation you have been on and much more prompts available in this kindlebook). For me, having the creative writing prompts from this kindlebook by Bryan Cohen help remind of the vital advice given in Creative Writing by Simeon Lindstrom for a writer to broaden their creativity through the use of books, movies, and music that they normally would not view andor listen to.

Writing is a passion that can be used in many different ways. For those who write for fun, for work, for a living, or for a purpose, they're all still writing. Creative writing can be the most fun and rewarding, yet frustrating in its own right when the words or ideas don't seem to be coming.I purchased this e-book to give me some small inspirations for my creative writing blog. I fell in love with the short, simple prompts, which were very open-ended and easy to interpret in many different ways. My girlfriend, who is an editor as well as a writer, also enjoyed reading this with me. We took a couple months and spent each day writing on the same prompt then comparing our stories. It was great fun! There were a few typos that I spotted, and in some places the formatting was confusing, but overall the layout is very simple and easy to follow. The prompts are separated into different categories, which can be useful if you're wanting to find a more narrow subject.I recommend this to people who either just need a 'brain jog', a baseline for ideas, or just want some extra brain food for their regular regime of writing exercises. It suits every type of creative writer, from the flash-fiction writer to the epic novelist.

The media could not be loaded. The book came brand new and as described! There are 1000 writing prompts and some of them are sure to spark even more of your own original ideas. (Just be sure to write them down before you forget.) Some of them I may not personally write about but there are so many that I find perfect for a daily blurb, blog, or just a daily writing activity for fun. I look forward to diving in! It’s exactly what I expected!

The author gives a variety of prompt ideas, however, if you would like more sci-fi, mystical, magical then I would suggest buying a book on prompts that is directed towards those topics. There were a few that covered the "weird" which is the heading the author places the supernatural, paranormal prompts but there isn't enough to satisfy writers who specifically write about those topics. I find it curious that the author types God as, G-d, if you love God, you may find this offensive, disrespectful and may not want to purchase the book even though there's not a lot of prompts that specifically mentions God..but still, just a heads up.

This is a fantastic, fantastic book! There were 1,000 excellently crafted prompts sorted by theme- covering everything from nature, to paranomal, to seasons and school. While they're certainly helpful for writing, I have used the prompts for creative inspiration for other things as well- art projects, business solutions, etc. I've bought quite a few of these type of books over the years and this was definitely one of the best!For $2.99(ebook) you're getting way more than your money's worth!

Great for those times when you're just blocked and nothing comes to mind. Take a few minutes with a writing prompt from the book and just go for something different... and the stress is off! It reaffirms that you still can put two words together and that allows you to relax and let the flow continue. So glad I found this!