Suze Reviews...: The 365 Day Writer's Block Workbook by Morgen Bailey

Friday 9 August 2019

The 365 Day Writer's Block Workbook by Morgen Bailey

I am delighted to be closing off the blog tour for this fabulous writing resource written by Morgen Bailey. My thanks to Sarah at Book on the Bright Side Publicity for inviting me on to the tour and to the author for my review copy. I have since bought my own copy.

The Blurb:

Over a thousand sentence starts, three per day, with writing tips at the end of each week to motivate and inspire, providing kick-starts to avoid the dreaded ‘writer’s block’. Useful for any writer at any level, whether they have 10 minutes or 10 hours, to start a new project. Also an ideal tool for writing groups.

With a combination of six first-person, six second-person, six third-person and three non-specific point of view starts per week, there are plenty to choose from. Beginning at ‘Day 1’ this book has been designed to be started at any time of the year, and regardless of whether the sentences are used in order or not. With a choice of three per day a writer can select one, two or all and see where it leads them.

My Review:

So, an admission to start with. I am not an author. Nor am I an aspiring author (although never say never). But I do write, on this here blog, which is sometimes harder than you might think. If I've loved a book, I want to find the right words to convey that feeling, and it's not always easy. And I write poetry occasionally (not often enough). So I was keen to have a look at this.

It's a small book, but packs a lot in. After a short introduction describing different points of view and tenses, the author provides 21 sentence starts and a handy tip for each week of the year.

Unfortunately, I didn't have a year to explore this book. But I did have chance to read all the weekly tips which I thought were excellent. Straightforward and practical, but never patronising.

I tried several of the sentence starts across all three points of view and surprised myself by writing some really enjoyable (quality far more questionable!) pieces of flash fiction. And do you know what, it made me want to write more! So, I think I'll be keeping this wee resource handy from now on...

Simple, practical and valuable advice and suggestions for writers at any stage of their career.

The Author:

Morgen Bailey – Morgen with an E – is a multi-genre author, freelance editor, writing tutor, writing competitions magazine columnist and judge, blogger, and speaker.

Her website is www.morgenbailey.wordpress.com and her email is morgen@morgenbailey.com.

Her books can be found on Amazon UK, Amazon US, Smashwords and wherever books can be ordered.