A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words: Image-Driven Story Prompts and Exercises for Writers

by Phillip Sexton

A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words The old saying is true. And if you're a writer in need of inspiration, it's also the key to creating an endless number of stories while honing your craft to a razor's edge. Inside, you'll find over 110 beautiful and intriguing photos created just for this book. Each photo is paired with a thought-provoking writing prompt. Together, they'll help you break through writer's block, generate hundreds of story ideas, and improve your writing ability by leaps and bounds. Many prompts are geared toward specific elements of the craft, enabling you to focus on whatever aspect of writing - character, dialogue, beginnings, endings, description, and more - you find most worthy of examination. And by probing deeper into the details of each photo, you'll also learn how to improve your observational skills, find ideas everywhere you look, and create intriguing stories on demand. One thousand words and more are just waiting to be written. Open the cover and see for yourself.

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction, Reference

256 pages, Hardcover

First published December 28, 2006

Reviews

[Helen Pugsley]

While I openly resent any book that tells me what to write. But this is more like the teacher you hated back in school that taught you the most.
This one has saved my bacon on more than one occasion. I get weird when I don't write, and sometimes it's nice to have "you want me to write about hair? What?! What does that even mean!? Fine! I'm writing about hair..." then I make something cool and it winds up on Wattpad. Glad this book entered my collection.

[Leslie]

maybe i have been living under a rock, but i find this book simply brilliant! i love to write but often dont know what to write about and this book provides great photos and written exercises. you can skip around, do the ones you want, however you want. the images are interesting and the exercises challenge you to be creative.

[Chris Young]

Some interesting creative writing prompts.