Ok, here's my first review on a writing book that I have in my collection. This one is called The 3AM Epiphany, and as the title suggests, it focuses on when you have a sudden burst of creativity at the worst possible time - and ways you can stimulate that creativity in times that suit you better than taking a shower, dropping the kids at school, or at 3am. This book, bound in a navy blue jacket, is close to 260 pages of creative, fun, thoughtful exercises designed to get you thinking about things you would not have thought about. While other writing books I have describe how to turn notes scribbled onto the back of receipts into a novel, this book requires a pen and notebook, as most of the exercises will result in a piece of fiction - or a start of one - around 200 to 700 words long. Understandably, shopper dockets don't have this space. Therefore, it can be said that this book, while good for any stage of a writer's development, is best suited for those of a more advanced stage than "I'm writing scribbles on the back of receipts and want to turn them into a book... how do I do that?" The stage of development a writer seeking something like this book might be more like "I have several notebooks sitting on my table... how do I fill them?" The main strength of this book, however, is that you can pick it up any time and start off at any page. You don't have to follow the guide chapter by chapter, as many other 'basic' writing books do - the general idea of those is to guide you in writing a single book from scratch. The 3AM Epiphany, however, is better suited for those who have ideas floating around and want to polish or communicate THAT ONE IDEA. Therefore, having a different purpose to standard "start from scratch" writing books, I give The 3AM Epiphany a rating of 10 out of 10.