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99 Stories I Could Tell: A Doodlebook To Help You Create – A Guided Journal with Drawing and Writing Prompts by the Creator of Strange Planet
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Strange Planet and NYC Basic Tips and Ettiquette and Strange Planet comes 99 Stories I Could Tell, a guided journal with 99 prompts plus a customizable cover.
Nathan Pyle takes journalers for a creative ride through the pages of this product--each prompt comes with a mix of black lines (solid boundaries to color) and blue lines (to trace and use as a jumping off point for further imagination. The prompts move from extremely suportive towards the start of the journal (giving the journaler lots of structure so as not to intimidate them) to more free-form , the idea being that the journaler's skills will increase the more they progress.
The prompts themselves are a collection of inventive and humorous trips down memory lane, helping journalers curate and draw their most prized recollections, and also to unearth memories they didn't know they had (a lie you were told as a child that you believed until recently, or the first fictional death you experienced). With a well-honed sensibility for what shares well online and what people are searching for, each of the 99 stories has been chosen because it prompts emotional resonance and will be content people will be excited to share on their social media. The prompts can also be mixed and matched to create all new narratives, the way musical notes can be lined up differently to make new tunes.
Package wise, this journal is a large square, big enough to satisfy doodlers, but light enough to easily fit in a backpack or totebag. The book's jacket is a silk-screened PVC case which adds to the nostalgic feel (reminiscent of a toy); the jacket is also removeable to reveal an uncoated cover where journalers can embellish the design in their own way, making each and every journal totally customizable.
Nathan Pyle takes journalers for a creative ride through the pages of this product--each prompt comes with a mix of black lines (solid boundaries to color) and blue lines (to trace and use as a jumping off point for further imagination. The prompts move from extremely suportive towards the start of the journal (giving the journaler lots of structure so as not to intimidate them) to more free-form , the idea being that the journaler's skills will increase the more they progress.
The prompts themselves are a collection of inventive and humorous trips down memory lane, helping journalers curate and draw their most prized recollections, and also to unearth memories they didn't know they had (a lie you were told as a child that you believed until recently, or the first fictional death you experienced). With a well-honed sensibility for what shares well online and what people are searching for, each of the 99 stories has been chosen because it prompts emotional resonance and will be content people will be excited to share on their social media. The prompts can also be mixed and matched to create all new narratives, the way musical notes can be lined up differently to make new tunes.
Package wise, this journal is a large square, big enough to satisfy doodlers, but light enough to easily fit in a backpack or totebag. The book's jacket is a silk-screened PVC case which adds to the nostalgic feel (reminiscent of a toy); the jacket is also removeable to reveal an uncoated cover where journalers can embellish the design in their own way, making each and every journal totally customizable.
112 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 2018
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October 23, 2021
Haven't made it through every page yet, but after filling a notebook with drawings, this seemed like a good point to comment.
There's a Kurt Vonnegut quote that cycles through social media about the creation of art, expressing yourself, being its own reward. My drawings are crude and dumb, most of the time all my characters wanted to talk about was their lack of legs (because I couldn't draw them), but it was liberating to understand that I did not have to care one whit! Be dumb! Who cares! Putting something on the page was enough, and as I went along I started to think of other things to say, sometimes without the prompts. Making up a dumb joke and laughing to yourself at how dumb it is is a satisfying experience. Try it.
There's a Kurt Vonnegut quote that cycles through social media about the creation of art, expressing yourself, being its own reward. My drawings are crude and dumb, most of the time all my characters wanted to talk about was their lack of legs (because I couldn't draw them), but it was liberating to understand that I did not have to care one whit! Be dumb! Who cares! Putting something on the page was enough, and as I went along I started to think of other things to say, sometimes without the prompts. Making up a dumb joke and laughing to yourself at how dumb it is is a satisfying experience. Try it.
January 15, 2019
Thank you Morrow Gift for my free copy!
99 Stories I Could Tell was a really fun doodle-book that allowed me to use my imagination to create whatever I wanted to. There wasn’t really much of a guideline as I’ve seen in other doodle-books alike, just a starting point for you to fill in the blanks. I used it as a form of therapy on the day I filled it out kind of like those anxiety color books. I put my headphones on and just went to town filling out the pages and creating my thoughts on the pages.
99 Stories I Could Tell was a really fun doodle-book that allowed me to use my imagination to create whatever I wanted to. There wasn’t really much of a guideline as I’ve seen in other doodle-books alike, just a starting point for you to fill in the blanks. I used it as a form of therapy on the day I filled it out kind of like those anxiety color books. I put my headphones on and just went to town filling out the pages and creating my thoughts on the pages.
June 28, 2020
Really fun and therapeutic of a book!
August 15, 2020
really cute book to help with ideation - more of a journal than a how to, easy to use and sparks lots of thoughts and memories
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