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A Writer's Bucket List by [Dana Sitar, Ashley Perryman Quach]

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“A terrific collection of tips, inspiration, and playfully inventive ideas for writers to pursue. It will cure your writer’s block and keep you entertained along the way.” – Joel Friedlander, The Book Designer

"This is a fast, inspiring read that offers all kinds of great suggestions for growth and direction within the writing life. Some of the suggestions are (or should be) obvious, some will push most writers' boundaries. All are worth considering. Sitar offers her suggestions in a fun, breezy style."

-K.M. Weiland, Author and Blogger, Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors

'A Writer's Bucket List' is an inspirational and educational guide for budding writers. It's a launching point for all the possibilities of being a writer, a kick-in-the-butt for those who don’t know what to do next, and a simple guide to help you forge your own unique career and life path. The list challenges you and strengthens your creativity, encourages you to forge your own path, find your own education, and discover the type of writing life that’s just right for you.

99 tasks from the life of a writer help you get started on your unique journey, and step-by-step instructions, tips, and resources guide you through the toughest steps.

Some inspiration and bits of advice from top writers and bloggers in the industry are scattered in there, too, to fan the flames of your creativity!

About the Author

Dana Sitar is a freelance blogger, author, and entrepreneur with a mission to guide you in the pursuit of happiness through writing. She helps budding writers connect, learn, and discover the awesome work of peers through DIY Writing (http://writersbucketlist.com) and on Twitter @danasitar.

Dana is a contributor to '2014 Writer’s Market', 'Guide to Indie Publishing', and the Amazon Bestselling guide 'eBooks Suck! (but they don’t have to)'. Her writing has been published by Writer’s Digest, Brazen Careerist, Make a Living Writing, SF Weekly, Seattle Weekly, and dozens more writing and career industry blogs and publications.

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"A terrific collection of tips, inspiration, and playfully inventive ideas for writers to pursue. It will cure your writer's block and keep you entertained along the way."
- Joel Friedlander, The Book Designer

"This is a fast, inspiring read that offers all kinds of great suggestions for growth and direction within the writing life. Some of the suggestions are (or should be) obvious, some will push most writers' boundaries. All are worth considering. Sitar offers her suggestions in a fun, breezy style."

-K.M. Weiland, Author and Blogger, Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors

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99 things to do for inspiration, education, and experience before your writing kicks the bucket

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00C3TVNAW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ DIY Writing (February 5, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 5, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1955 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 129 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

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Dana Sitar is the Amazon best-selling author of "A Writer's Bucket List." She has been writing and editing for online audiences and digital media since 2011. She spends her days as a lead editor for branded content at The Penny Hoarder trying to make her coworkers laugh, and she writes a weekly column for Inc. to help budding entrepreneurs grow effective brands and become great leaders. She writes about leadership, careers, writing and publishing, with bylines including the New York Times, Slate, Entrepreneur, CNBC and more.

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Bree Connelly

This is for everyone that needs to be creative.

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2013

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(Husband's review) I bought this book and I wholeheartedly recommend this book for one reason, it is one hundred things to try when you need a new idea. As a comedian, I need new ideas constantly. I can't always be browsing the newspaper for an idea, I can't just sit on a park bench and systematically hate everyone as they go by, though I often do. And I cannot simply traipse through life waiting for inspiration to strike me. The writing excercises in this book could fairly be described as personal growth challenges because each one of them expands your appreciation of the creativity of so many different activities and people that it almost becomes difficult at that point not to write about them.

In short, you need something to write or talk about, or a new way to talk about something that has been rolling around in your head? This book makes things pour out of your sad brainpan better than sassmouthing law enforcement in the Ozarks. Is "sassmouthing," even a word?

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Sharilyn McCracken

Not worth it

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2014

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Not even worth the less than $5 I paid. Short, not at all a match to what you would expect from the description.

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Pamela McK

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2014

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Dana is AWESOME!

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Jennifer Weiner

Inspirational, kick in the behind reminder to get a life outside of your work in progress

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2016

A Writer's Bucket List is more than a traditional bucket list. It encourages writers to stretch their creative muscles into other fields for fun and experience, to have other hobbies (the mythical real life we often hear tale of when we surface from our works in progress to eat or manage other mundane issues), and to grow big fat ones when it comes to networking and forming connections within and without the writing community.

I especially liked number 27, "fall in love with something that isn't writing." Too often, writers focus too hard on their main passion- the art of stringing words together - and we forget to find other things and people that stir our passion, imagination and soul. Without other inspiration, our writing often suffers.

Any writer, from hobbyist to pro, should give this gem a read. It's short, entertaining and thought provoking.

*Disclosure * I received a free PDF copy as part of the Goodriter.com initial sign-up drive. My review is my own, unbiased and uninfluenced opinion.

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K. Russell

Fantastic Book! I Ended the Book Feeing Inspired!

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2013

What I like about this book is that she's young and she did this on her own.

It's not meant for someone whose been writing awhile (though I did enjoy reading her 99 Things to Do as a Writer from type on a typewriter to write a thank you note to your teachers), but these are small ideas (a couple paragraphs for each idea) for someone who wants to be writer, but isn't sure where to begin.

She is there for writers who have decided they'd like to try writing and aren't sure where to begin. I have a feeling we're going to see a lot more from her.

Here's what Dana wrote about The Writer's Bucket List:

In May 2011, I left my job and home in Madison, Wisconsin to move to San Francisco to be a full-time writer. I didn't know what that meant, and I had no idea how to make it happen. Nonetheless, I started to collect clients, publish stories, and make my living writing and doing what I love.
I've been trying to come up with the right response to the readers, friends and colleagues who say to me, "I'd like to do what you're doing, but..."
I needed a way to say, "So do it already!"
Loudly.
So I wrote a book.
`A Writer's Bucket List' is a launching point for all of the possibilities of being a writer. Instead of another how-to on any kind of writing, this book is a "Why not?" for the writer's life.
The list is a combination of the unique steps that have formed my career and bolstered my creativity, and the things I haven't yet had a chance to try. The book offers some conventional and some unconventional steps on the path through a writer's life, why they matter, and advice for getting started.

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By the way, here's her bio-

Dana Sitar is a freelance journalist and indie author. She shares resources, tips, and tools for writers in search of a path through DIY Writing. She has been writing professionally since 2010, blogging unabashedly since 2011, and traveling perpetually since she discovered that one feature article could purchase enough gas for a cross-country road-trip.
Dana has written for Writer's Market, The Daily Cardinal, The Onion, Baystages, SF Weekly,Laughspin, and Maximum Ink; as well as dozens of writing and career blogs, including The Creative Penn, Make a Living Writing, and Brazen Life. Her ebook A Writer's Bucket List: 99 things to do for inspiration, education, and experience before your writing kicks the bucket was released in 2013.

And her website: Dana Sitar [...]

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For me, this is a reminder of what is possible for all of us. 16 years ago, I quit my corporate job to move to a small town and write. Sometimes I forget that. Sometime I forget I'm a writer. Or feel scattered.

But seeing what she has done inspires me.

Do what you love and FINISH your projects.

Thanks, Dana, for reminding me that people still follow their dreams and while trying to help others follow theirs. Nicely done.

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J. C. Manthorpe

Brilliant resources of inpiration for new writers on just how to start writing, & for writers to get out of writers block!

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2013

This is one great resource for new writers.
As a new writer, just reading through the book triggered off so many good ideas to get started, plus give you motivation that you can write.

The book is split into section of ideas to write, they are:
Creative Growth
Inspiration
Career
Education
Building a network
Life experience

From any of those sections, you are bound to find one inspiration that will set you off to write for sure.

One from the bucket list that really got my attention and ignited many ideas was in the section of "inspiration" was travel. My passion is to be a travel writer and since I have traveled and kept journals, this was it, this is where I will start writing short stories of my experiences. Thanks Dana for the inspiration!

If you are wanting to start writing, already writing or an established writer with writers block and need some boost to get going again or even liven up your life, read the book.

Its not just a book about giving you ideas of how to start or get writing again, but also a book of wonderful ideas on how to get out there and find something you love to do and write at the same time, finding an avenue that suites you.

recommend the book - go and get it :)

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