Write Yourself Out of a Corner: 100 Exercises to Unlock Creativity

100 imagination-stretching writing exercises inspired by the idea of creative constraints, from the author of The Making of a Story.

When you are facing down a blank page (or screen), a constraint-based prompt—for example, “you must use the words ‘cloud’ and ‘green’” or “you must set the scene in a crowded grocery store”—can get your brain working in unexpected ways.

In this creative writing guide, longtime teacher and novelist Alice LaPlante shares 100 original exercises that will simultaneo...