The Write Brain Workbook: 366 Exercises to Liberate Your Writing

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Never face a blank page again! With unique daily prompts and stimulating pages, you'll be able to easily incorporate writing into your life, and you'll never have to face another wordless day. The Write-Brain Workbook is the first of its kind–an easy, fun, and playful way to exercise your creative writing muscles each day. Eliminate the dreaded emptiness of the blank page Write without the pressure of preconceived expectations Learn about your own unique writing process Build the momentum of a quick daily writing practice Unlock writer's block Apply the breakthroughs from daily practice to your "real" writing Expand how you see yourself as a writer Experiment with different ways to approach writing Affirm your commitment to being a writer The Write-Brain Workbook is bursting with 366 innovative exercises that let you experiment and play with words and styles. Whether you love the pure joy of writing, are just getting started, or are trying to get past a particular writing block ... this is the book you've been waiting for! From the Author Foreword by Rachel Simon How to Use This Book 1 Circle Game-One 2 Resolution Revolution 3 Far, Far Away 4 Terrible Twos 5 Ship Shape 6 Those Were the Days 7 You May Have Already Won 8 My Condiments to the Chef! 9 Fictionary 10 Following Directions 11 Very Touching 12 Spoiled Rotten 13 Slanguage of Slove 14 Testing 1-2-3 15 Idioms Delight-One 16 Knot Now 17 Building Blocks 18 One Sill a Bull 19 Back in Time 20 Craven Lion 21 Gypsy 22 Reminiscing-One 23 Zounds of Sounds 24 Remember Me? 25 Famous Firsts-One 26 Adventurous Adverbs 27 Dear Diary-One 28 Hands Down 29 What a Character!-One 30 Contagious 31 Fair Fare 32 Oval Teen 33 Sink Your Teeth Into It 34 Stream of Consciousness 35 Can You Believe It? 36 No Bull 37 Scribble-One 38 Dribbling Bananas 39 Shake-Spear 40 CatchUp-One 41 CatchUp-Two 42 Gotta Lotta 43 Staring Contest 44 Love Letter Story 45 My Money Valentine 46 Memory Lane 47 Bubble Rap-One 48 Nuts and Bolts 49 Choices, Choices 50 Weird Words-One 51 Once Upon a Time 52 Swamp Thing 53 Quote Unquote 54 Snapshots-One 55 Metamorphosis 56 Yes or No 57 Shape Up 58 Brown Town 59 Freshman-itis 60 Sincerely Yours 61 March Mumble 62 Happy Endings 63 Flavor of the Month 64 Verrrrry Sleeeepy 65 Construction Worker Commentaries 66 Take a Seat 67 No Clowning Around 68 Dreamy 69 All My Life Is a Circle-One 70 Kleptomania 71 Congrats 72 Word Wok 73 Gomer 74 The Great Divide 75 Revenge of the Journal 76 Rapid Recall-One 77 Lion-Hearted by Day 78 Who, What, When, Where... 79 Double Dare 80 States of Mind 81 Favorite Color 82 Narrow Escape 83 Tag-One 84 Rebus Terminal 85 No Ifs, Ands, or Don'ts 86 Philately Will Get You Nowhere 87 Snooping 88 Lost and Found 89 Sounds Touching 90 Miss Understanding 91 Naming Names-One 92 April Fools 93 Ape-X 94 Superstitious 95 Three Wishes 96 Where Have You Been? 97 Daydreamer 98 Scared Stiff 99 Place-a-Personal 100 Un-Moral-One 101 Quack? 101 Paint the Town Pink 103 Chip Off the Old Block 104 News-y Twos-y 105 Animal Tendencies 106 Apples to Oranges 107 Scribble-Two 108 Dance Lessons 109 Re-store 110 Petite Paragraphs-One 111 Card Tricks 112 Spring in my Step 113 Garb Gab 114 Ambiguous 115 Look Ma... Two Hands! 116 Nose-y 117 Happy Husband 118 What a Character! 119 Coming Up Roses 120 The Journalist and the Journaler 121 Spring Forward 122 Giraffe Dodger 123 Double or Nothing 124 Kite Fight 125 Famous Firsts-Two 126 Hang Ups 127 Silent Treatment 128 Closed Encounters 129 Closed Encounters-The Sequel 130 Twenty Questions-One 131 Idioms Delight-Two 132 France with No Pants 133 Snapshots-Two 134 For Whom the Bell Tolls 135 Sideways Glance 136 Flipper-One 137 Sugar 'N' Spice 138 Hit a Homer 139 Make Believe 140 Bathroom Humor 141 UnMoral-Two 142 Walk in the Park-One 143 Footsies 144 Bubble Rap-Two 145 Don't Sweat It 146 What I Did on my Summer Vacation 147 Keyed Up 148 Numb Numbers 149 Lessons Learned 150 I've Told You a Million Times! 151 Fictionary-Two 152 Initial Initials 153 June the Juniper 154 Gems 155 Pick Six 156 Ambidextrous 157 Gifted 158 Belly Dancer Beliefs 159 Weird Words-Two 160 Tooth Fairy 161 Est 162 Cheery Cherry 163 Here Ye 164 Body Talk 165 Made-Up Words-One 166 Gymnastics 167 Scribble-Three 168 Father & Son 169 Smell a Rat 170 Happy Endings-Two 171 Time Warp 172 Petite Paragraphs-Two 173 Ode to a Season 174 Free to Bee 175 Squaresville 176 Pillow Talk 177 Un-Moral-Three 178 Philly Phonetics 179 Name Game 180 Curlers in Your Hair! 181 Muse-ings 182 Summer Better Than Others 183 Jewel Eye Fourth 184 One Day at a Time 185 Dear Diary-Two 186 Rock & Roll 187 State Fair 188 Oh No! 189 En-title-ment 190 Visionary 191 Bananas 192 Vocal-Eyes-One 193 Vocal-Eyes-Two 194 Mother and Daughter 195 Camp Pain-One 196 Fun & Games-One 197 Upside Down 198 One-Liners 199 Wet 'n' Wild 200 Two Coats 201 Gender Bender-One 202 Shakes-peer 203 Run On 204 On the Road Again 205 Different Directions 206 It Was Sweltering Hot 207 Spectrum 208 Pick Six-Two 209 Reminiscing-Two 210 The Great Inquisition 211 Truth is Stranger than Fiction 212 Flipper-Two 213 Stop Write Listen 214 August Augmentation 215 Postcards Without Pictures 216 Hodge Podge 217 Peephole-One 218 Decisions 219 Mute Button 220 Blank Stare 221 Underdressed and Under Duress 222 Waiting in Line 223 No, No Barrette 224 Bubble Rap-Three 225 Sure Footing 226 Hear, Hear-One 227 Hear, Hear-Two 228 Gender Bender-Two 229 Critic's Corner 230 Coach 231 Truth or Dare 232 Squeaky Wheel 233 In Tent and In Tents 234 High Ryes 235 Take a Letter-One 236 Double Trouble 237 Danger Us 238 What a Character!-Three 239 Ved-dy In-Ter-Es-Tink! 240 Camp Pain-Two 241 Mix and Match Music 242 Pick Six-Three 243 One From Column A 244 Writer Strikes It Big 245 SEPTember 246 First Grade 247 My Summer Vacation 248 Corner Pocket 249 Lip Service 250 Circle Game-Two 251 Idioms Delight-Three 252 Sounds Like 253 If It Ain't Broke 254 Rapid Recall 255 Psychic Totline 256 CR8-a-Character 257 Framed 258 Dial a Dialogue 259 Naming Names-Two 260 Disaster Averted 261 Fresh Air 262 Not Guilty 263 Take a Letter-Two 264 Anticipation 265 Fun & Games-Two 266 Soft Spoken 267 Factions of Fractions 268 The Green Room 269 Hate to Love 270 Basement 271 Moral-One 272 Operation Opera 273 What a Coincidence 274 Tag-Two 275 Two Life Sentences 276 Spin the Bottle 277 Handy 278 Setting Sun 279 Onomataopoeia 280 What If? 281 Take a Letter-Three 282 Phone Home 283 All My Life's a Circle-Two 284 Target Practice 285 Pencil Me In 286 Early Bird 287 It Was a Dark and Stormy Night 288 Snapshots-Three 289 Fall Leaves Me Wishing 290 Van Go 291 Quota of Quotes 292 Famous Firsts-Three 293 Shadow Figures 294 Triskaidekaphobia 295 Nocturnal 296 Baker's Dozen 297 P.T. Burn'Em 298 Peephole-Two 299 Bee-uu-tee-ful 300 Moral-Two 301 Twenty Questions-Two 302 Walk the Line 303 Fall Back 304 Haunted Castle 305 Monster Mash 306 NovemBERTH 307 Peculiar Pet 308 Defective Detective 309 An Earful 310 Rhyme Time 311 Fictionary-Three 312 You've Got Malefactors 313 Big Cheese 314 Green With Envy 315 Double Agent 316 Crosswords 317 Wanna Write 318 He-Mail 319 Weird Words-Three 320 Bald Ballerina 321 I, I, Sir 322 Reunion 323 Best Seat in the House 324 Song & Dance 325 Petite Paragraphs 326 Girl Talk 327 Greek Gods 328 Mellow Yellow 329 Moral-Three 330 Thanks, But No Tanks 331 Turkey Day 332 Objects Not of Desire 333 Signs of the Times 334 Slap Stick 335 Rebus Rebuttal 336 Decemberserk 337 All the Angles 338 Gold Mold 339 Boys Will Be Boys 340 Comfort Foods 341 Winter of My Disc and Tent 342 Idioms Delight-Four 343 Me Times Thirty-Three 344 Zzzzzzzzzzzzz 345 At-eeee-tude 346 Ashes to Ashes 347 Elements, Dear Watson 348 Walk in the Park-Two 349 Adjacent Adjectives 350 Snow Day 351 Peephole-Three 352 Made Up Words-Two 353 X Marks the Spot 354 Pain & Pleasure 355 Petite Paragraphs 356 Sensory Overload 357 I Failed Jail 358 Gray Matter 359 Snapshots 360 Xmas on Mars 361 What the Heck? 362 Joy to the World 363 Autograph 364 Tag-Three 365 Happy Endings 366 The End The Design of This Book Story Spinner Books of Interest