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The Writer's Toolbox: Creative Games and Exercises for Inspiring the 'Write' Side of Your Brain (Writing Prompts, Writer Gifts, Writing Kit Gifts) Paperback – April 26, 2007

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 858 ratings

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Writer's block has met its match with Writer's Toolbox!

Designed by a longtime creative writing teacher, this innovative kit includes a 64-page booklet filled with exercises and instructions that focus on a "right-brain" approach to writing. Sixty exercise sticks:
First Sentences, Non Sequiturs, and Last Straws will get stories off the ground, 60 cards fuel creative descriptions and four spinner palettes will ignite unexpected plot twists. For any aspiring writer, this kit is the perfect first step on the path to literary greatness!
  • Inspires writers with creative prompts and samples
  • Gets writers in the right headspace to let creativity flow
  • Features 60 writing exercises and other creative games
Make those days and nights of struggling to create writing ideas go away without having to bury yourself in more books with Writer's Toolbox, which makes for the perfect gift for writers.

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Jamie Cat Callan is a master teaching artist with the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. She has taught writing at N.Y.U., Yale University, U.C.L.A. Extension, Fairfield University, and Wesleyan University. She is also the author of three novels for young adults and a book on relationships for women. She lives in Massachusetts.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books; 40464th edition (April 26, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 64 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0811854299
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811854290
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.75 x 9.63 inches
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4.6 out of 5 stars
858 global ratings

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Customers find the book has great ideas to get them writing. They say it's a great addition to any level of writer's arsenal and well worth the money. Opinions are mixed on its use, with some finding it useful and others saying it's not very useful.

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25 customers mention "Creativity"25 positive0 negative

Customers find the book has great ideas to get them writing and get their creative juices flowing. They say it's a great addition to any level of writer's arsenal, and fun. Readers also mention the book is perfect for someone new to writing or who wants to refresh their skills.

"...this as a family time game and discovered that we all can write fun, creative and funny stories. This is make a writer out of you...." Read more

"...to write about, The Writer's Toolbox seems to be a great addition to any level writers arsenal." Read more

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"The writer's toolbox is a great smart, useful & resourceful writing game for anyone who starts their writing career or who have writer's block and do..." Read more

13 customers mention "Fun"13 positive0 negative

Customers find the book fun and creative.

"...time game and discovered that we all can write fun, creative and funny stories. This is make a writer out of you...." Read more

"...They loved it and said it is really fun and helpful." Read more

"...Not only does it get your muse up and pumping, it's great fun too. I've started using it as a warm up in the morning before I begin writing...." Read more

"...He said it was fun and useful.. I'm delighted and so are they." Read more

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Customers say the book is well worth the money.

"Great price, great service and fast shipping. Highly recommended. Item was perfect, all the many parts in place...." Read more

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"...I bought them at the same time. One is worth it's weight in gold, and I'm giving the other one this review...." Read more

"...Since the objective was creative play I feel it was well worth the money." Read more

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28 customers mention "Use"19 positive9 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book. Some mention it's useful and a good tool, while others say it's not very useful, disappointing, and boring.

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Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2024
Great price, great service and fast shipping. Highly recommended. Item was perfect, all the many parts in place. Even if you don't write for a living there's a lot here for you and your family and friends. Don't hold back. Don't fight the urge. This could be one of the best things you've done for yourself.
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2022
I use this as a family time game and discovered that we all can write fun, creative and funny stories. This is make a writer out of you. I highly recommend this game, especially for young children who can be encouraged to like writing and grow into excellent writers.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2022
I use this as a family time game and discovered that we all can write fun, creative and funny stories. This is make a writer out of you. I highly recommend this game, especially for young children who can be encouraged to like writing and grow into excellent writers.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2010
Original review below - The author contacted me (see comments) and took care of this problem with a new copy plus provided the missing pieces by email. Updated to 4* (we have not played the complete game yet so maybe this will be revisited and hopefully up to 5).

Overall creativity and quality of the game is important but so is quality control. Maybe this is a rare occurrence or maybe not but after assembling the family with sharpened pencils and cajoling everyone to come to the table, reading the introduction and expending some effort to get my kids and wife a bit excited to try this we found the box did not contain the very first thing needed: The "first sentence" sticks. They had included 2 identical sets of the next set of sticks: The "non sequitur" sticks. It takes a bit of an effort to convince 3 kids to come to the table, listen to introductions read and start to gain excitement then a pretty big letdown to be sitting alone with scattered blank sheets of paper and unused but sharpened pencils.

This should be a 1-star review since it was not really usable and very disappointing for me. Not sure why I was generous with 2 - probably because I had such high hopes. If the publisher ships our replacements real fast I might update this. Right now, however, they do not seem to have any customer service line that is open until later after the holidays. We tried to search the internet to find where they may have made a list of the "first sentences" available but had no luck with that.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2015
I purchased The Writer's Toolbox for a friend of mine, whom loves to write, for Christmas. Though I have not used it myself, she continues to express how completely awesome this item is. Whether you have a friend whom loves to write or you yourself are a writer looking for new ways to come up with prompts to write about, The Writer's Toolbox seems to be a great addition to any level writers arsenal.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2016
These exercises seem like a game until you realize you’ve written a short story that wins a contest! That’s what happened to me using prompts from The Writer’s Toolbox. It also turned out to be a fun game after dinner one night. Each person took a prompt, read it out loud then expanded on it and we had a hilariously outrageous story. That’s how easy it is to let your imagination put ideas together. I’ve written three additional stories and am aiming for one a week. This toolbox jumpstarted my writing career.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2023
Bought this as a gift for an aspiring writer. They loved it and said it is really fun and helpful.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2017
The writer's toolbox is a great smart, useful & resourceful writing game for anyone who starts their writing career or who have writer's block and don't where to start. I would suggest this to anyone who struggles to get past that first stage in their writing career, also it was fast delivery to my door. I can't wait to begin to further my writing skills.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2021
I see how this box is useful, and it helped me out a little.

However, it seems geared towards writing modern romance. Sure, sure, it's all about getting the creative juices flowing, and ideally once your brain is more creative, you can write whatever you want to write. The prompts talk about ice cream, and automobiles, and gyms, and things.

The concept is great, but it's not generic enough for me, OR, if it can't be generic, I'd like to see a Fantasy Version... and heck, it could be handy then for different themed versions. Of course, the printing, and marketing, and storing until sold, and selling, and such the different versions might not be worth it.

It's got some useful concepts, and it's better than regular old writing prompts, which haven't worked for me very well. The First Sentence to Non Sequitur and then Final Straw ideas are great concepts, way better than just writing prompts.

This book is great for those who are just looking to learn how to write, those who don't care what they're going to write, and those who are writing modern romance, and maybe just modern setting books. But, when I'm writing a fantasy story and pick up up a prompt that talks about ice cream melting on the counter top, my brain freaks out, and rebels. I try to use it anyway, try to imagine it's not ice cream, or perhaps they somehow have ice cream in this fantasy world, etc. etc. etc. but long story short, I find it more distracting than helpful when the prompts can't fit into what I'm already writing.

Still, kinda useful, not a total waste. Just, not has helpful as I had hoped. I may use it for practice, which is what it seems to be intended for, maybe I'll change my mind after using it a while.
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Patricia Marlatt
5.0 out of 5 stars Writers ToolBox
Reviewed in Canada on January 1, 2024
This is a big help as I'm trying to learn how to write.
Rodolfo Dominguez y Garcia
5.0 out of 5 stars Un juego muy útil para la salud mental
Reviewed in Mexico on December 17, 2023
Para ejercicios mentales
Tatiana
5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice
Reviewed in Germany on July 24, 2022
Got this for my sister as a gift, she loves it
Holliwolliwoogle
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Gift for any Budding Authors!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2020
Gave to a friend for xmas and he has said it there is a lot more going on inside the kit than he had expected. He's currently finding it helpful to inspire his ideas so I reckon it was definately worth the money. Although I'm yet to see the contents myself and think perhaps more images of what's inside may have been helpful before purchase as there weren't really many when I bought it, which left me slightly worried about the quality of the gift. In the end though it worked out great thankfully.
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Reviewed in Italy on August 4, 2019
Un "gioco" che stimola la fantasia. Bella l'idea dei diversi metodi di utilizzo. Ho già scritto un racconto.