The Writer's Partner: 1001 Breakthrough Ideas to Stimulate Your Imagination

by Martin Roth

Book Overview

Martin Roth provides a provocative and powerful reference tool for writers in seach of the perfect hook, scene or dramatic situation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941188329
• ISBN13: 9780941188326
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Info Packed

If detail is what you're looking for then you won't find it here. But if you're looking for some ideas or some direction then you have found a good book. This book is packed with information and key thoughts, ideas and names to use in your writing. It covers a LOT of topics so it's limited on the details it can give on each, but what it lacks in details it more than makes up for in idea sparkers. I think all writers would find this book useful to either start them thinking or help guide them through what they are already working on.

A Bible for Writers

The Writer's Partner is a book that goes with me wherever I go. With every story or script I have written, I have referred to this incredible book at least five times. It is filled to the brim with ideas and information to help you create the ultimate story. It offers tips and ideas to formulate and create a multidemensional plot with multidemensional characters, facts on common careers/movie genres so all your information is accurate, and backstory/subplot ideas to help you add spice to your story. No writer should be without this book, it is practically an encyclopedia for writers.

A favorite!

This is without a doubt my favorite writing/reference book. If I was on a desert island with just one writing book, this one would be it (and I have 2 copies). The many lists on a wide variety of genres makes it a perfect brainstorming tool you can use over and over for fiction or scripts.

Finally! A book that delivers!

I love this book! If you write ANY type of fiction, this is a great tool to have for those days slow days infront of a blank screen.

A compendium of quick and easy "things to do"

In The Writer's Partner: 1001 Breakthrough Ideas To Stimulate Your Imagination, television script writer Martin Roth draws upon his many years of experience and expertise to present a compendium of quick and easy "things to do" to get started with a writing project, or embellish one already underway. From ideas for character development and plotting, this invaluable resource goes on to address genre categories including science fiction, horror, romance, comedy, sports, crime, westerns, and more. A truly "user friendly" text is further enhanced with appendices on "Web Wordage"; "National Hockey League Teams"; and "Additional Sports League Official Offices". The Writer's Partner is a valuable and practical addition to any writer's reference shelf.