I was intrigued by the possibilities of this book. I received an advanced reader's copy on Kindle from the publisher through NetGalley. This is my own opinion about the content.
I think this is a good way to help give writers various ideas to get creativity flowing. There are 365 varied prompts which can work for fiction to personal journaling. Personally, there were a few that were off the wall, but those prompts could inspire a science fiction story. Many of them definitely got me thinking, gave me inspiration.
I will be able to use a notebook to accompany the prompts but recommend this journal. This is an excellent source for anyone who has a desire to write or journal. If a prompt doesn't fit a personal view just use the creativity and make it right for you.

What an amazing way to get the creative juices flowing. Definitely a recommend to anyone struggling with the writing process or someone who just wants a break.

I found many of the reading prompts for this book to be fun, interesting, and engaging. I definitely look forward to doing more of them in my spare time.

ONE CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT A DAY by Lita Kurth is self-described as "A Journal to Build Your Craft and Unlock Your Inner Storyteller." Although there are plenty of choices for this type of book, this one seems quite strong and I would like to see a print version. Kurth has taught at De Anza College and believes "it's amazing what you can write in 15 minutes, given low stakes and a free spirit." She tempts readers with a variety of tasks; one quick random example is "Write about two Parisians fighting over an umbrella. Include the color turquoise and a gust of wind." Another time she instructs budding writers to "Describe an apartment using as many words that begin with F as possible. Notice the effect of these sounds on your prose." As I browsed Kurth's prompts, I felt myself wishing I had time to imagine life from the perspective of an abandoned pick-up truck or a robot in the year 2100. Kurth's text could be strengthened (or supplemented) with more guidance on developing specific writing skills. Also, some may argue that her clever prompts may require the writer to do too much research, but I thought that she was very imaginative and would be successful in sparking some writing activity. It might be fun to have students try several prompts in Chat-GPT and then work at improving those draft essays, too. Frankly, writing practice from varied perspectives seems critical in helping all of us to build empathy and to better appreciate the "other" in our lives. The New York Times just published a thoughtful guest essay by Rachel Kadish on teaching writing exercises:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/opinion/radical-empathy-fiction.html

This book shares 365 writing prompts, and they reflect many different genres, styles, and approaches. Some of them are thoughtful and introspective, while others are zany and bizarre, and even though the prompts won't all appeal to everyone, anyone can find something here that inspires them.

The author provides enough specific details in most of the prompts that you're building on what she gives you, instead of creating something from scratch. I've seen a lot of vague, one-sentence prompts before that don't inspire creativity, but these have enough going on that it's not difficult to imagine more. However, on the flip side, these aren't prompts that someone can easily and natural translate into their current work in progress. The vast majority of these are prompts for writing separate short stories.

The author intends for people to create their stories directly in the book, but even though there is lined space for writing after each prompt, I don't think it's practical. Even with my really small handwriting, I would struggle to write anything substantial on the page. In many cases, there's really only space to describe a story idea, instead of actually dramatizing it. I think that this is more practical as a repository of ideas than a book to actually write in.

I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

One Creative Writing Prompt a Day by Lita Kurth is a prompt journal focusing on plot ideas, prose, and the senses. Going through these, I really appreciated how some of them were linking to other prompts while others were focusing specifically on word choice and how that impacts prose.

There are some speculative prompts mixed in with the contemporary and historical prompts, which makes it a good choice for writers who like to dabble in multiple genres or genre-bending.

Content warning for four prompts in regards to how it uses Indigenous, Black American, and Brazilian history.

I would recommend this to writers looking for a prompt book that focuses on leveling up multiple skills

There are a variety of prompts, so there's likely a bit of something for just about everyone. Some were far more detailed than I expected. I anticipated options to get the creative juices flowing. Instead, to use some of the prompts, users may need to do some research first. Overall, most prompts are not genre specific. Some prompts built on what was written the day before, so you will want to do these in order.

I've always learned, "write what you know." And if you don't know it, do your due diligence and research it. Personally, when I sit down to write, I sometimes (read, "often"), fall down the internet rabbit hole of research. In picking up this book I was hoping for some simple prompts to inspire an everyday habit. Unfortunately, many of the prompts were so detailed and complicated that in order to write, I'd need to do research - a catch 22 that defeats the purpose. The alternate would be to write inauthentic essays that would be very unsatisfying.

That being said - the book is well set up and easy to follow - and the prompts are creative.

Getting back to writing more is a pretty constant goal for me and I was hoping this book would provide some good inspiration. I liked the concept of a short, daily writing exercise (the intro’s suggestion is to see what you can come up with in 15 minutes), and enough prompts that you should surely find some that ‘spoke’ to you, even if there were days were you didn’t really click with the given idea.

It’s obviously going to be entirely down to the individual whether or not these are the kind of prompts that appeal, and also the given day/mood/everything, too. Here are a few examples:

“While bicycling, your character and spouse meet a charming couple. After a while they notice that the couple never stop smiling. List the excuses that your character and spouse give for not seeing them anymore.”

“Introduce three characters by giving a detailed description of the type of soap they use.”

“Write a love letter from a Pekingese dog to a Siamese cat. Include specific beloved qualities and a meeting place.”

Reading through more quickly for reviewing rather than taking one prompt each day, I found only a very small handful really jumped out at me. But I also appreciate that tackling something less obvious is an excellent exercise in and of itself. As a sci-fi/fantasy/spec-fic kind of a person, bending a quite mundane prompt into more interesting ideas for me would really add something too, I think. But, worth noting that the bulk of the book is fairly non-genre, day-to-day kind of stuff.

One negative I spotted was how very America-centric many of the suggestions are. Again, there is an element of using extra imagination either to go along with that (what do I know about baseball games and so-and-so park/street/city??), or to adapt it to something more suitable. But I also think this was very unnecessary – surely something ever so slightly more generic, or a mix of USA/France/Kenya, for instance, would have avoided alienating not just non-Yanks, but let’s face it, about 90% of them, too, most like.

For pluses, there were several times where one day’s prompt was to develop the previous day’s. That added something interesting, without being overdone.

There were also a couple of prompts included that were more ‘meta’ i.e. asking you to think about your writing, your progress after using the book for a while, that sort of thing. A couple were somewhere between that and an imaginative idea, for example:

“Write a letter to your Muse asking for help on a specific prompt.”

“Think of a word that will guide your writing life for the next season.”

“What might be a lucky talisman to have beside you while you write? Seriously or jokingly, describe this object and its powers.”

I thought this was a really good type of inclusion, and would have liked to see a little more of it through the list.

Overall, this is absolutely fine if you’re looking for exactly what it says on the tin: a long series (I assume 365, but I didn’t count!) of short prompts. However, there wasn’t a huge amount here that really wowed me – I didn’t feel the prompts themselves were particularly notable, although fine, and there was no sense of, I don’t even know, organisation or theming, or anything like that to make it stand out as a little more polished.

Still, not bad, and depending on how the physical journal is presented, might make for a nice writer’s gift.

I received a complimentary copy of this book via Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are my own opinions.

I did random prompts and found them all to be fun creative outlets. It's relaxing to clear one's mind and focus on the writing. There are different prompt lengths so you can find one to accommodate your free time.

The book is what it promises: full of writing prompts. This book is for for writers who have their characters established. It would be a good way to get out of a writers block and get to know your characters better. The book is less suited for aspiring writers just starting out. Since a lot of prompts call for an established character. There is a little bit of space to write underneath the prompts but it is not enough to actually write a scene so I don't get the purpose for those spaces.

Thank you so much to NetGalley, as well as the publishing company for providing me a copy of this book for my unbiased review.

Overall, this book was super helpful because I have had a writers block for quite some time and this was really helpful to getting me back into writing. There were some interesting prompts, but it was overall very enjoyable.

I was surprised by how much I liked this! These really break out from your typical writing prompts and make you think about scenarios from different POVs that you usually wouldn’t (eg a farmer). I’m not a writer, but I do journal a lot, and the prompts get repetitive. This book gets my creative juices flowing in a way that actually brings me an energy burst! Would highly recommend for anyone who’s looking for a low maintenance creative outlet.

Thank you to Callisto Publishing, MetGalley, and Lita Kieth for the opportunity to review One Creative Writing Prompt A Day. This is a very nicely written book that offers several ways of giving writers ways of utilizing prompts in their daily writing. I enjoyed trying my hand at several different ways and the prompts are well thought out. I hope to continue using these prompts more in my future writing. I definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a new book of writing prompts that will give you inspiration in this new year. Here’s to a new year of creative writing!

Fun and creative prompts that can help writers break through blocks and even develop works in progress using these prompts. Most writing prompt books are extremely specific in regards to a plot point which is great for breaking out of a rut or getting into a writing habit, but what I liked about this book is that a number of the prompts could be used in an active WIP since they were not plot-specific but framed around a character facing a challenge. I will certainly be purchasing this book to supplement my own writing practice that I've been developing over the last year or so.

Will post on IG on 2.20 (pub day).

I didn't read this book in its entirety. I read more than half the writing prompts and could see that they would be quite useful for anybody working to improve writing skills. I intend to keep it handy for when I am stuck for an idea for a new short story or poem. If I were not retired from teaching middle school language arts, I would add it to my resources for student writing assignments.

I’m not a writer but I am really enjoying attempting these prompts everyday. I can see how it would get the creative juices following for an author and highly recommend it. Some prompts are much easier than others.

I found most of the prompts in this, book interesting and I feel that it will help with my writing. The prompts really made me think, that’s a good thing I think it will make me more creative. I’m definitely going to use this going forward.

I have read a lot of writing prompt books but this one takes the cake. There are so many creative prompts in this book. I even have done a couple of them and can’t wait to use them in the future. I did the exercise about how a new shower curtain was added to a bathroom and how the dirty bath mat would feel. It really got me thinking and I loved the result.

I’ll be digging into this book further during the year and using it as a valuable resource along side my journal.

Thank you to NetGalley, Callisto Publishing and the author for a chance at reading thus eARC and giving an honest review.

While having used many writing prompt books before, none of them were specifically "creative" writing ones. This one can leave buyer conflicted, delighted, or disappointed depending on what they are looking for. On one hand, most prompts are detailed, sometimes more than the user may want. Other times, the amount of detail seems just the right amount to get a prompt going. These are not your usual simple one sentence prompts, but the user has the power to decide what information they wish to use. It's up to the buyer to decide what they want. That being said, the prompts themselves can be fairly unique and interesting and can be used as great tool.