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...
Loosen Up with Writing Prompts
In a post on the BookBaby blog, Janna Lopez says writing prompts can unlock your creativity when you're stuck. "Everything is a prompt. Yes, everything!"...
What Are You Leaving Undone?
During her interview with the Write the Book podcast, Carolyn Conger suggests a prompt inspired by her book, Through the Dark Forest: Transforming Your...
10 Tips for Using Journaling to Strengthen Your Fiction
Confession: The Editorial We is terrible at keeping a journal. I started more than a few journals in grade school, but never knew what...
Write About Work
This week's Write the Book prompt was suggested by guest Nathanial Ian Miller, who recommends writing about your own job, including the mundane aspects...
Prompt: What Do You Miss?
During her interview with the Write the Book podcast, poet Maggie Smith suggests a prompt inspired by the work of another poet. In Joe...
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...
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...
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...
Prompt: What Would Have Been Different?
This week's Write the Book prompt was suggested by Annie Seyler. For a journaling and story exercise, pick a moment from your childhood that shaped...
