Take Ten for Writers: 1000 writing exercises to build momentum in just 10 minutes a day [Paperback]

Bonnie Neubauer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 2009

With Take Ten for Writers, it's never been easier to get creative! Each of the 100 exercises in this jam-packed inspirational resource comes with 10 different variables, so every exercise can be done 10 unique times with 10 very different results. That's 1,000 flash writing exercises to keep your pen moving!

This exciting follow-up to author Bonnie Neubauer's best-selling Write-Brain Workbook offers even more original prompts to help you:

• Get into the habit of writing without the burden of weighty expectations–write for the pure fun of it.
  
  
• Write fast in ten-minute bursts without over-thinking or over-editing your work–no self-censoring allowed!
  
  
• Learn how to weave details into your writing to paint a more realistic, tactile picture with your words–be specific and write with intent.
  
  
• Celebrate your writing accomplishments without comparing your work to that of others–every piece you finish is an achievement to be acknowledged!

Whether you're a fiction or nonfiction writer, poet, artist, teacher, student, scrapbooker, or lover of words, Take Ten for Writers can help unleash your own writing passion. With 1,000 exercises guaranteed to get the words flowing, you'll come back to the book again and again to stay motivated, get fresh ideas, and keep writer's block at bay for good!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Bonnie Neubauer is the author of The Write-Brain Workbook and has been featured in Main Line Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Woman's World, Chicago Parent, Northwest Family Magazine, Writer's Journal, and The Marketing Minute. She is known for her high-energy workshops that are chock-full of inventive game-like exercises.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books (August 11, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582975337
• ISBN-13: 978-1582975337
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bonnie Neubauer is a late-bloomer who didn't discover her creativity until she was in her mid-thirties. Now in her fifties (yikes!), her inventive energy enables her to continue to be a kid at heart, leaving creative sparks wherever she goes. In 1997, Bonnie met her husband-to-be, Gil,in a writing group. In 2000 they got married at the same Borders Books & Music store where they met. They currently live in a crowded apartment in suburban Philadelphia with their two famous cats (because they were on the cover of a Hallmark Greeting Card), Booger and Coolio. Bonnie is the inventor of Story Spinner which generates millions of creative writing exercises either online or with a carry anywhere, handheld version. She is the author of two books published by Writer's Digest: The Write-Brain Workbook, 366 Exercises to Liberate Your Writing and Take Ten for Writers, 1000 Inspiring Exercises to Generate Ideas and Stimulate Your Writing in Only Ten Minutes a Day. She presents fun, funny, and motivational writing workshops to witers of all ages and levels. Bonnie has turned one of her hobbies, inventing Halloween costumes based on word plays, into a downloadable eBook called Punny Cotumes, 252 No Sew, Easy-to-Make Costumes Guaranteed to Elicit Groans. Visit her website, www.BonnieNeubauer.com, to download the eBook, try your hand at millions of free writing exercises, and discover tips and tools to keep writer's block at bay and build your writing momentum.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kick starting my creativity, March 13, 2010

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Richard Courtney "Richard Courtney" (St. Louis Park, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take Ten for Writers: 1000 writing exercises to build momentum in just 10 minutes a day (Paperback)

I am a frustrated writer, or more accurately, a frustrated workaholic who'd love to write more. This book hit all the right notes in my mind. It abandons the classic approach of journaling to take you on new, fun and creative adventures in short focused writing. The exercises presented are well structured to get you writing right away. I was doing my first Take Ten exercise during a short business flight the day after I bought the book and felt an immediate rush of creative endorphins. My wife and I have done exercises and shared the results as well. I have many writing books in my collection, some scholarly, some well defined examinations of the craft, some very practical guidelines. The thing that sets this book apart is that it's fun, makes writing fun, and gets me doing what all the world's dailies keeps me from getting to. Putting pen to paper, creating and learning as I do it. The exercises are short enough to fit into any busy schedule, but they have also spawned seeds of works I'd like to take further. I wish I could thank the author personally, because she's opened up a door that I thought was locked tight.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So many starting points, November 25, 2010

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David Stoddard "The Unmotivated Motivational ... (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take Ten for Writers: 1000 writing exercises to build momentum in just 10 minutes a day (Paperback)

They say, (and I don't personally know who THEY are), that getting started is often the hardest part of writing (or perhaps anything for that matter). But for writers, it seems even more difficult for one reason or other.

What should I write about?
What do I know about?
What am I feeling?
What should I be doing?
What genre should I choose?
Should it be funny?
Should it make a point?
What about dialogue?
Is this just me rambling?
Should the animals talk?
What direction should this story go?
Do I even want to write a story?

Needless to say, there are countless other things we question ourselves about when we sit to write something. (heck, even a grocery list has managed to take on a life of it's own in my world).

Bonnie's book "Take Ten" provides 1,000... (YES 1 Thousand) possible prompts to get you writing.

Here's how it works...

Bonnie supplies the overview of your 10 minute assignment
You pick a number from 1 to 10
You turn the page
You locate the item next to the number you chose
You write from there for 10 minutes
You CELEBRATE that you have written.

It works.
It's an awesome feeling
It will get you writing more today than yesterday.

Note: my only problem is I keep choosing the same 3 numbers. So maybe a 10 sided die would come in handy.

Chessex Dice: Ten Sided Dice - D10 - Random Group of Ten Sided Die (You Pick How Many You Want)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ~Expanding the writer's mind~, August 16, 2009

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V. Dunn "lunamoon" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take Ten for Writers: 1000 writing exercises to build momentum in just 10 minutes a day (Paperback)

Although, I find this book to be almost like the first one... "The write-brain workbook," unless it is meant to be a further addition to it? It is a great book to help beginning and advance writers' expanding their ideas on paper. I have found this book to be useful in creating short stories to writing a personal narrative with in the 1000 fresh, inventive, and creative prompts available.