Write Yourself Out of a Corner

Whether you are looking to jumpstart new ideas or find a fresh angle on a work in progress, and whether you write fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry, this inspirational book will strengthen your imagination and your craft. When you are facing down a blank page (or screen), a constraint-based prompt-for example, "you must use the words 'cloud' and 'green'" or "you must set the scene in a crowded grocery store" can get your brain working in unexpected ways. Long-time teacher and novelist Alice La Plante shares 100 original exercises that will simultaneously push you into a corner and give you the tools to write yourself out of it. She explains the purpose of each exercise-to sharpen your ear for dialogue, generate surprising images or access intense emotions-and breaks down student examples to reveal how to achieve these goals. 

• Paperback, 364 pages.
• Measures 14.5 x 20cm.