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Bookshelf Q. Battler's Big Book of Badass Writing Prompts: 101 Scintillating Scenarios to Stimulate Your Cranial Excretions by [Bookshelf Q. Battler]

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Are you an aspiring writer who is chock-full of ego but low on actual ideas? Have you contracted an acute case of writer's block? Have you been staring at the same blank page for hours? It sure is hard to be a writer, especially when you're plum out of ideas.

Fear not, for Bookshelf Q. Battler (BQB), a world renowned poindexter, an epic nerd-venturer, a reviewer of pop cultural happenings and a champion yeti fighter, has taken 101 of the best writing prompts his magic bookshelf has to offer and packaged them up for your perusal. Now there's no need for you to wrack your delicate brain coming up with a premise for your next novel, not with these spectacular ideas designed to get your mental hamster wheel spinning and your pencil scribbling.

So many scintillating scenarios await you, noble reader. Tell the epic tale of Vick Jamblowski, Shark Puncher. Expose the ugly truth of why all unicorns are secretly jerks and not the pleasant, magical creatures they're typically portrayed as. Explain how a puppy kicking jerk gets his comeuppance. Trace the ripple effect of untimely passed gas. Write a musical about sporks! Pen the resume of your favorite fictional character. Make elderly grannies talk like 1930s gangsters, see?

Travel through time and bring Hitler's reign of terror to an end. Solve the mystery behind an evil killer doll. Bring equality to the galaxy. Chillax with Hubert the Talking Dolphin. Take a cab ride with Genghis Khan. Take a bite of the scariest piece of pumpernickel bread you've ever encountered.

Ninja bunnies, zombie rights advocates, alien weirdoes, werewolf cyborgs, baby poets, telekinetic penguins, goldfish boy bands! The possibilities are endless. This isn't your average, ordinary writing prompt book. It's full of wit, wisdom, and most importantly, BQB's dark, twisted sense of humor.

Bookshelf Q. Battler must be insane because he's giving his best ideas away. These writing prompts are yours, so take them, think about them, then put your fingers on your keyboard and write, write, write.

While BQB can't guarantee you'll find success with these writing prompts, he hopes they'll help you hone your writing skills and exercise your imagination. And heck, if you do happen to turn one of these prompts into the next bestseller, BQB's only request is that you invite him to the swanky party that will no doubt be thrown in your honor, load him up with free booze and appetizers and introduce him to some of the lovely supermodels in attendance.

Feel free to share your prompt inspired works with the world via your blogs or preferred time wasting social media sites. If you want to show off your creations to BQB, he can be reached on Twitter @bookshelfbattle or on Facebook @bookshelfqbattler

Don't forget to visit bookshelfbattle.com, a virtual nerdstravaganza/chronicle of BQB's awesome adventures. By day, Mr. Battler works as an assistant to the assistant of the vice-president of Beige Corporation, the world's premiere producer of beige products and accessories. By night, he toils away on his blog, presides over a magic bookshelf, and writes novels in an effort to stave off an alien invasion at the hands of the vile intergalactic despot known as the Mighty Potentate. When you aren't busy working on these amazing writing prompts, do drop by BQB's blog and say hello.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071WNKJ4L
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 6, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3287 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 132 pages

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Eduardo Ricardo Papageorgio von Finklestein — better known by his codename, Bookshelf Q. Battler, to the 3.5 readers of his blog, Bookshelf Battle — is a world renowned poindexter, an epic nerdventurer, a reviewer of pop cultural happenings, and a champion yeti fighter. Those who would dare plumb the squalid depths of Mr. Battler’s psyche are welcome to visit BookshelfBattle.com, where they will find Mr. Battler’s rants on a variety of topics alongside columns from such illustrious writers as mad scientist and kooky inventor Dr. Hugo von Science, the great prognosticator Nerdstradamus, anti-suck expert and motivational speaker Vinny Baggadouchio, intergalactic correspondent Alien Jones, the eternally grumpy Uncle Hardass, simian literary expert Professor Nannerpants, tirades from Mr. Battler’s arch-nemesis the incredibly boring fuzzy snow monster and international war criminal known as The Yeti, and last but certainly not least, video game related commentary from Mr. Battler’s better half, Video Game Rack Fighter.

Do check out Mr. Battler’s blog for updates on his life as a magic bookshelf caretaker, dispatches from East Randomtown (Mr. Battler’s hometown, the citizens of which collectively lack the brain cells required to toast a piece of bread), and Mr. Battler’s efforts to save the world by writing a novel so finely crafted that it convinces all humans to give up watching reality television, which in turn, will convince the maniacal alien despot known as “The Mighty Potentate” to halt his plans to conquer Earth.

Mr. Battler assures his 3.5 readers that he is doing his best, but he recommends getting used to the idea of bowing down to an alien overlord in order to avoid vaporization. Feel free to tweet words of encouragement to @BookshelfBattle or leave them on Mr. Battler’s Facebook page, which can be found by searching on Facebook for @BookshelfQBattler.

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Don't judge this book by its cover. Or its title.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 21, 2017

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This guy can write. His style is engaging and his content is entertaining. I laughed out loud, several times. However, there's no planet on which I can see these "writing prompts" succeed.

Be forewarned: this is one of those "something to offend everyone" books. I'm not even sure why he wrote it. (I'm also not certain if I should be using the male pronoun. The book is that cryptic.)

But, after reading about 1/4 of it (that's where I am, so far), I went online to see the related website. I followed a few links, and discovered some great writing tips & inspiration.

So, unless there's something perfectly awful in the rest of this book, I'm comfortable recommending it. It's weird. It's quirky. It's highly original, and more than a little geeky. And, it makes a few good points about writing.

However, if you're looking for writing prompts you can actually USE, this probably isn't the best book for that. I doubt that you can get a single story from any of the 101+ prompts... unless you're the kind of person who reads this review and mutters, "Challenge accepted."

Read this book for entertainment. Figure that any inspiring ideas are a bonus.

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Kolby Reed

A Unique & Fun Collection of Challenging Writing Prompts & Exercises

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2017

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This has to be the most unique collection of writing prompts I've read to date. I'd call it a unique and fun toolbox of prompts because there are nuggets of creativity on every page. It's not traditional. It's not mainstream. It's fun and provocative. It does not disappoint if you're looking for something to jumpstart the imagination as it will send some jolts your way!

I've brainstormed three plot ideas and several character sketches thanks to what this book's prompts sparked in my mind -- thank you to Bookshelf Q. Battler -- you don't get that kind of results from measly little tweet prompts that are more like "look at me tweet" versus useful. I like how this book takes prompts to a whole new level, and I love how it sneakily accomplishes the goal. I mean, the point of writing prompts is to make you think and brainstorm something. With this book, you laugh out loud, and then, little bits of it bob around the brain before morphing into ideas.

I find the author's style refreshing. I like that it's off the hook and challenges the creative muscle. The author likens it to a workout and structures the book like one with warm up, workout, and cool down phases, which I found creative. The closing thoughts from the author at the end are also a cool pep talk. I'm keeping this book in my "writer's block begone" toolbox.

Do not attempt using this book if you lack a sense of humor because you just won't appreciate what it offers! But if you're down for some laughs and open to flexing your creative muscle, I would highly recommend it.

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Liz

Interesting Prompts with a dose of wry humor

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 18, 2017

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Writing prompts always interest me so unless they're absolutely boring and unoriginal, then it's going to get a 5-star rating from me. If you want something different to add to your collection of prompts, definitely check this out.

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Entertaining

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 20, 2017

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Very entertaining. I bought this book after searching 'writing' on WordPress. An amusing look at creativity with the overall message do not give up! Well worth a look.

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