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Writing Action (Lit Starts)

Writing Action (Lit Starts)

A book of writing prompts from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, authors of the best-selling 642 Things series.
 
Focus on a single aspect of the craft of writing with help from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. Writing Action kicks off with a foreword by an award-winning author and journalist Bonnie Tsui, who offers pointers for creating page-turning prose. The rest of the book consists of prompts and space to think, providing opportunities to explore how both high-stakes and low-key moments can be action-packed. Among other ideas, you’ll be asked to write an account of: a highly competitive game of hopscotch 
an orange being peeled as if it were the last one on earth 
a car ride with an overly confident student driver 
a meal prepared by a cook who is really depressed 
the step-by-step process of opening a long-awaited piece of mail 
 Take to a café, on vacation, or on your morning commute, and practice your creative writing a little bit at a time.

Special FeaturesAdvice from a published writer, followed by promptsPart of a collection of single-subject writing prompt books by the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto  Check out the other books in the Lit Starts series: Writing Character, Writing Dialogue, and Writing Humor

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