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A Whole Lot of Inspiration (in a Little Bit of Space!)

The Pocket Muse is your key to finding inspiration when and where you want it. With hundreds of thought-provoking prompts, exercises and illustrations, you'll immediately:

Get started writing
Overcome writer's block
Develop a writing habit
Think more creatively
Master style, revision and other elements of the craft
The rich variety of exercises will help you to create stories, focus on a single aspect of your writing, and encourage you to think about how and why you write in new and surprising ways.
A truly unique book, The Pocket Muse is fun and effective. It will teach you, cheer you and inspire you to write as never before.

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1582973229
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978-1582973227
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Writer's Digest Books
Publication date

July 15, 2004
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English
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5 x 0.74 x 7 inches
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256 pages
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Monica Wood is the author of Description, two novels and several teaching guides. She has written extensively for Writer's Digest Magazine and The Writer. Her short stories have appeared in many publications, including Redbook and Glimmer Train, and have been anthologized in Sudden Fiction International, Best American Mystery Stories, 1997 and The Pushcart Prize, 1999. She lives in Portland, Maine.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Writer's Digest Books; New edition (July 15, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1582973229
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1582973227
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.74 x 7 inches

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SweetheartSinD

Awesome book!

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2021

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I had this book a long time ago and it is such a good book I had to rebuy it. I used this book just to get the creative juices flowing. A great great great book.

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Writing Inspiration

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2019

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After reading Wood's The One-in-a-Million Boy, I discovered her writing resources and purchased The Pocket Muse: Ideas & Inspirations for Writing. I am a retired English professor. Although I am not engaged in formal teaching, I continue to mentor some young Turkish women who are improving their English skills and they asked for writing assignments for our informal conversations. I have a number of prompts I've used over my teaching career. When I saw Wood's book, I thought it would be a new source. And it is!

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2021

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one of my favorite books

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Roberto's 2 cents

Handy little idea starter

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2016

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This is a very useful book for breaking up a creative logjam, but like any other resource, it should be treated as a starting point and I think the author recognizes this fact. What I like is its format and size, allowing portability and not much space taken up on my bookshelf. I look forward to applying ideas that spring from these exercises.

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2013

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This is a very cute little inspirational book. It,s a book you carry in your purse and occasionally pull out and flip open to a random page as you wait for a friend. Or a book you keep on your nightstand to read a few pages before sleep, or before writing for 10 minutes before bed.

I find myself mulling around thoughts prompted by this book as I do dishes or take the elevator at work.

It's a nook your muse will enjoy.

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Karen Helsel

The Title is Perfect!

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2014

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I have so much fun with this book, because I am a writer. It is full of crazy things to write about which have never before entered my mind! I plan to buy each of my writer children one for Christmas!

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R. Levy

I bought this for a writer friend of mine and ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2017

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I bought this for a writer friend of mine and he said positive things about it but I didnt use or read it so I can't speak from personal experience.

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2016

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Bought as a gift for my writer wife, and she was thrilled with it.

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Kaff18

Great resource for writers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2021

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What a brilliant idea! An eclectic mix of writing prompts, ideas, images and thoughts that provides that inspiration all writers need sometimes to get the grey matter in gear! A lovely, pocket-book treasure trove.

FussyMissus

Stimulate your mind and open up possibilities

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2013

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You know the moment - you want to write something and your mind turns to sludge. What do I write, where do I start?

You start with this book.

Packed full of inspirational imagery and ideas this book is designed to dip into, do an exercise and kick start your writing all in one hit. Having read and used Making Money Writing Letters to Magazines by T J Rush, I had become tired of writing to magazines and wanted something less formulaic that would also earn me some money, and this was short stories. But where to start? This book helps you get an idea and from that you can either expand on it or do as I did and go in an altogether new direction.

Quick and easy to use, it is a great book for those times when you just need ..... a muse....

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Icy Sedgwick

Does what it says.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2009

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There are a lot of creative writing manuals available, and many teach the technicalities of grammar, style or theme, and while a lot of these do include exercises designed to get the creative juices going, few succeed as well as this book. Full of photographs to kickstart the imagination, as well as inspirational anecdotes, story ideas or 'fill in the blank' exercises, it's possible to follow them chronologically, as part of a homespun writing course, or you can dip in and out, opening the book at random and using the suggestion or photo as a starting point for that day's work. I think all writers, both experienced and otherwise, should own this book.

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Marianne

Very pleasant to look through when looking for ideas, ...

Reviewed in Canada on November 1, 2017

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Very pleasant to look through when looking for ideas, or just to kick-start your creative thinking before getting to work.

Deepam Wadds

Prompts in words, ideas, and pictures

Reviewed in Canada on July 10, 2019

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