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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Write Yourself Out of a Corner: 100 Exercises to Unlock Creativity

Write Yourself Out of a Corner: 100 Exercises to Unlock Creativity

Laplante, Alice

Paperback

Writing Instruction

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 0393541843
ISBN13: 9780393541847
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Apr 11 2023
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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.

In this creative writing guide, longtime teacher and novelist Alice LaPlante shares 100 original exercises that will simultaneously push you into a corner and give you the tools to write yourself out of it. LaPlante 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. 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, Write Yourself Out of a Corner will strengthen your imagination and your craft.

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