Review: 1,000 Prompts
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
I received this book free in exchange for my honest, unbiased opinion.Bryan Cohen promises 1,000 prompts and delivers that. I like the clever way he divides them into seasons. I also liked the subheads where the prompts were grouped by labels like: weather/nature, events, mixed bag. It is very nicely organized and you can zoom in on what interests you.As a writer, I'm always on the look out for inspiring writing books. I would have preferred if Mr. Cohen had dealt with the reasons/situations/fears that lead to Writer's Block (because identifying the reason behind your block is part of the remedy) before jumping into his collection of prompts.As such, I think this book would be more useful to a writer's group that does writing exercises just to get writing and have something to share, or in a classroom setting where aspiring writers are still grappling with the practice of writing. Individual writer's dealing with writing block would do better to take a deeper look at their projects and circumstances and try to find solutions that are project or person specific.