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The Writer's Idea Book 10th Anniversary Edition

How to Develop Great Ideas for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Screenplays

How to Develop Great Ideas for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Screenplays

By Jack Heffron

By Jack Heffron

By Jack Heffron

By Jack Heffron

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Category: Reference

Category: Reference

Paperback $19.99

Jan 15, 2012 | ISBN 9781599633862

Ebook $14.99

Dec 15, 2011 | ISBN 9781599633886

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    About The Writer’s Idea Book 10th Anniversary Edition

    Where do you get your ideas?

    It’s a question that plagues every writer. And once you’ve got an idea, what then? Ideas without a plan, without a purpose, are no more than pleasant thoughts. So how do you come up with those ideas, and how do you turn them into writing that will engage your reader?

    The Writer’s Idea Book is here to help you find the answers. Utilizing more than 400 prompts and exercises, you’ll generate intriguing ideas and plumb their possibilities to turn them into something amazing.

    This indispensable guide will help you:

       • Develop good writing habits that foster creativity
       • Explore your own life for writing material
       • Draw inspiration from the world around you
       • Find form for your ideas, develop them into a piece of writing, and make them better


    Let The Writer’s Idea Book give you the insight and self-awareness to create and refine ideas that demand to be transformed into greater works, the kind of compelling, absorbing writing that will have other writers asking “where do you get your ideas?”

    About The Writer’s Idea Book 10th Anniversary Edition

    Where do you get your ideas?

    It’s a question that plagues every writer. And once you’ve got an idea, what then? Ideas without a plan, without a purpose, are no more than pleasant thoughts. So how do you come up with those ideas, and how do you turn them into writing that will engage your reader?

    The Writer’s Idea Book is here to help you find the answers. Utilizing more than 400 prompts and exercises, you’ll generate intriguing ideas and plumb their possibilities to turn them into something amazing.

    This indispensable guide will help you:

       • Develop good writing habits that foster creativity
       • Explore your own life for writing material
       • Draw inspiration from the world around you
       • Find form for your ideas, develop them into a piece of writing, and make them better


    Let The Writer’s Idea Book give you the insight and self-awareness to create and refine ideas that demand to be transformed into greater works, the kind of compelling, absorbing writing that will have other writers asking “where do you get your ideas?”

    About Jack Heffron

    Jack Heffron has been a professional editor for more than 20 years, during which he has worked on well over a thousand projects. He has published hundreds of magazine articles, columns, and short stories, for which he has won numerous… More about Jack Heffron

    About Jack Heffron

    Jack Heffron has been a professional editor for more than 20 years, during which he has worked on well over a thousand projects. He has published hundreds of magazine articles, columns, and short stories, for which he has won numerous… More about Jack Heffron

    Product Details

    Category: Reference

    Paperback | $19.99
    Published by Writer’s Digest Books
    Jan 15, 2012 | 352 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9781599633862

    Category: Reference

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Writer’s Digest Books
    Dec 15, 2011 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781599633886

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