LA TIMES BESTSELLER
Improv for Writers by jorjeana marie
Free yourself from writer’s block and inner critics with the creative power of improv!
Improv instructor and writer Jorjeana Marie reveals a new way to generate idea after brilliant idea. Applying the rules of improv to fiction writing, Marie presents fun games and exercises you can do from the comfort of your desk at home.
Surprise yourself with new plots, infinite characters and settings, and a supreme confidence in your own process. Armed with the power of improv—and liberating exercises like Ad Agency, Raise the Stakes, and Family Portraits—you’ll soon be an idea machine. With Improv for Writers, your creative storytelling well will never run dry again.
“Jorjeana Marie’s , joyful, and oh-so-useful book shows writers—both seasoned and new—how to unleash their creativity and find their best story.”
— Gayle Forman, New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay and I Have Lost My Way
“Thank you, Jorjeana Marie for infusing joy and play and experimentation in the often-arduous act of writing fiction. I'll be turning to these exercises whenever I need to jump-start my writing session and will be recommending many of my writing students to do the same.”
—Nina LaCour, Michael L. Printz Award-winning author of We Are Okay, and Everything Leads to You; and You Know Me Well, with David Levithan
About Jorjeana
Jorjeana Marie is the Los Angeles Times bestselling author of Improv for Writers (Penguin Random House/Ten Speed Press) and a staff writer on the Emmy nominated Tab Time with Tabitha Brown. She is the voice and writer of the magical rabbit “Trikini” on Disney’s Mickey Mouse Funhouse and Mickey Mouse and the Roadster Racers..
