The Writing Deck

The Writing Deck follows a similar format to A Few Minutes of Design: a card deck with writing prompts each describing a 5-10 minute task: Retell a familiar story from three different perspectives. Describe an object without naming it. Describe a scene without using adjectives. These prompts can be used to begin a new project, carry on a story from a Jane Austen paragraph. The cards are colour coded by degree of difficulty, with four levels ranging from easy to difficult.

“"Whenever would-be writers ask for advice, I've had nothing specific to offer beyond 'Read a lot' and 'Write a lot.' Now, thank goodness, I can suggest they immediately get a copy of The Writing Deck." - Kurt Anderson, Public Radio host and bestselling author”

"Putting your pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) is much less daunting with The Writing Deck on hand. Filled with challenges and questions, this deck of 52 cards is the ultimate antidote to writer's block."
- Creative Pro
"The cards are color coded in increasing levels of difficulty but even better, they start with a general prompt on the front and then have variations and ways to take the prompt even further on the back."
- Writer's Digest
"This card deck has 52 writing challenges at different levels to spur creativity and combat writer's block"
- Learning Magazine
"Whenever would-be writers ask for advice, I've had nothing specific to offer beyond 'Read a lot' and 'Write a lot.' Now, thank goodness, I can suggest they immediately get a copy of The Writing Deck."
- Kurt Andersen, Public Radio host and bestselling author

Emily Campbell, program director for Creative Education Trust, was formerly a graphic designer at Pentagram, a pattern maker in fashion, and design director for many years at the United Kingdom’s international agency for cultural relations.

Harry Oulton is a children’s author living, working, and reading in London.

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