What’s the Story of Your Name?
This week’s Write the Book prompt is to write a short memoir containing three things: the story of how you came to have your...
Does Your Character Fall When We Fall Back?
This week's Write the Book prompt was suggested by guest Dr. Millicent Eidson. Eidson suggests considering other kinds of challenges and conflicts that can affect...
Objects Have Meaning
This week’s Write the Book prompt was suggested by Thomas H. McNeely and inspired by their conversation.
During the interview, McNeely discusses the power of...
Visualize Your Fear
This week's Write the Book prompt was suggested by podcast guest Gareth Higgins, author of how not to be afraid: Seven Ways to Live...
Everything Falls Apart
This week's Write the Book podcast prompt is inspired by an archival interview with poet Stephen Cramer. In his collection, The Disintegration Loops, Cramer...
Image Prompt: Olympia 1920
Photos are a great reference and writing inspiration. In this post, you can find some photos of historical Olympia, Washington, from the 1920s. Use...
Free Writing Exercise
This week’s Write the Book prompt was suggested Laura Budofsky Wisniewski during her interview. Wisniewski suggests a free writing exercise. Set a timer for a...
Do You Believe In Impossible Things?
This week's Write the Book prompt was suggested by interview guest, poet Shanta Lee Gander. During the podcast, Gander asked: What are your impossible things...
Like a Walk in the Park
This week's Write the Book prompt was inspired by writer J. Robert Lennon. Write a paragraph about a moment that takes place in a...
Prompt: Imagine Yourself Back Home
This week’s Write the Book prompt was suggested by Jennifer Egan, who assigns this exercise to her students. Imagine yourself in a physical place, such...
