Hi friends! I’m so excited that it’s the official release day for 5,000 WRITING PROMPTS: A Master List of Plot Ideas, Creative Exercises, and More!
Here’s where you can get it (or just read more about it):
Paperback or Kindle, Amazon US
Paperback or Kindle, Amazon UK
Paperback or Kindle, Amazon Canada
Many of my international readers like to get eBooks on iTunes, but if you prefer Kindle, the book is probably available on Amazon in your country, too.
Why I Wrote the Book
As some of you know, I began sharing lists of writing prompts and master plots on my blog a couple of years ago: lists like 50 Fantasy Plot Ideas and Writing Prompts, 50 Mystery Plot Ideas and Writing Prompts, and so on. I started doing this because I was always writing ideas for stories down, and I realized I’d never live long enough to write them all.
At the same time, as I was writing this blog, sometimes teaching workshops, and working in publishing, I’d often hear people say things like:
“I have an incredible fantasy world and characters, but I don’t have a plot.”
“I want to start a blog, but I have no idea what to write about.”
“How can I flesh out my characters and make them into more than just stereotypes?”
“I stopped writing a long time ago, and I can’t get into it again.” (Check out my “Two-Week Method for Overcoming Writer’s Block” at the beginning of the book if this is your situation!)
That’s what motivated me to write a big book (450 pages) to help with writing. It’s for fiction writers, screenwriters, poets, teachers, bloggers, RPG players, and other storytellers and dreamers.
A Labor of Love
As most of you know, I work full-time at my job as an acquiring editor and managing editor who also does some art direction, marketing, and more. I work about 11 hours a day, 5 days a week. Writing this book became my late-night and weekend obsession.
I tried to make it great, and I hope you enjoy it. I’m especially gratified to have advance reviewers say that it really got them inspired to write, and that it was an entertaining read!
Please drop me a note to say congratulations or good luck. Thank you so much for reading my blog. I really appreciate you. Have a great week!
Congratulations, Bryn. I’m sure this will be a great addition to any writer’s tool chest. I’m going to check it out.
Thanks, Bonnie! And thank you for always having fun and encouraging comments here. 🙂
Congratulations, Bryn, it looks fascinating! I’ve slipped it on to my wish list. Good luck!
Oh, thank you, Carolyn! And I hope you’re having a great week.
Many congratulations, Bryn! And happy book birthday!
Oh, thank you! Hey, will I see you in Phoenix next week? Hope so!
Most welcome, and YES YES YES you will see me at B&N!!! 🙂
Congratulations! Happy release day!
Thanks so much, Tina!
Congratulation Bryn. Next stop is to add it to my list.
Thank you, Jo! I appreciate it! Hope you’re having a great week.
Congratulations and Good Luck Bryn! Another one to add to my want to read (and save) books.
Thank you, Cheryl! I appreciate that. And thanks for all your support!
So excited for this book and for you, Bryn. Happy release day!
Kristen, hi! Thank you so much, and thank you for telling people about it on Twitter. You are amazing! By the way, and I think I’ve said this before, but it’s really awesome to see the platform you’ve built and all the ways you help writers. 🙂
Bryn, I just downloaded your “5,000 WRITING PROMPTS” book and am just getting into it, thanks. I also have your Master Lists book and have used it several times to help me with my WIP.
Congratulations and I hope you have great luck with it! I bought the ebook version and have just started the 2-week writing-challenge yesterday. One thing, though, and that it is kind of difficult to pick a random page on an ebook (unless recent e-readers allow for that; I don’t know.) So, I looked up RPG/DnD dice-rolling sites online, and will simply roll for the genre and again for the prompt. We’ll see how that works 🙂