The Next Big Idea for Your Book

A digital voice recorder can be an awesome tool for writers and novelists because it allows you to record ideas quickly, immediately, and nearly hands-free. After taking a recent road trip I determined that my best ideas come to me while I'm in the car, but unfortunately I can't write at that time. I can however speak.

Voice recorders are wonderful in that you can express your idea faster in speech than you can in text. When you really get on a roll, especially with dialogue, the words flow out of your mouth many, many times faster than you could type them. Have you ever started typing something and forgotten what you wanted to say before you got it all out? A digital recorder can help you solve that problem.

Using a digital recorder can also assist you when it comes time to edit, because instead of writing out everything you thought, you only have to write down what you really like and want to use. If you work something out verbally and don't like it, you didn't waste the time writing it out.

Check out the digital recorders below, available on eBay or from Amazon. Many are available with built in flash drives and have folder organizing capabilities.

For less than $13, you can get over 500 creative writing prompts that go way beyond the boring "tell me about your childhood" story starters. Get new character ideas, plot ideas, theme ideas, contest short story ideas, and more. 514 Prompts for Creative Writers (by Kimberly Dawn Wells) is an exciting collection of prompts for all degrees and styles of writers. It gives the writer freedom to interpret and develop the prompts as they wish, leading to an infinite combination of ideas.

For help developing fabulous characters, try the Character Profile Journal which has enough room for 50 4-page character reports. With these tools, your novel will shine.

Author Holly Lisle has two great books out that can help you move past your writers block and towards a strategy for getting more writing done:



What happens when your muse has gone missing in action? Almost every writer goes through a period of writer's block at some point. Frustration can take over, causing you to lose passion for your writing. The pain is real when you stare at the blank screen or page, willing yourself to write. What is at stake for you if you aren't writing?

In as little as one hour, you can be having fun and allowing your muse to play. I would like to introduce you to Holly Lisle's How to Beat Writer's Block (And Have FUN Writing From Now On). With this mp3 audio course, Holly will take you step by step through the process of overcoming your block. In just 30 minutes, the ideas for your new story or solutions to a problem in your current project will pour across the page.

Holly is no stranger to writer's block and would like to share her methods. With her expert guidance, you will not only move past your block but will learn how to prevent the block from happening again. You will also receive commitment training, a walkthrough to get you focused on writing again, dozens of ideas, and five-minute daily coaching. The course includes the forms you will need to keep up with your new ideas as well as a bonus report, 21 Ways To Get Yourself Writing When Your Life Has Just Exploded.

Head over to Holly's shop now and purchase How to Beat Writer's Block for immediate download. You will be writing and having fun again in no time.