Patricia Johns

Bryn Donovan is a writer’s best friend! She’s not only a writer herself, but she has years of editorial experience. She singled-handedly ran a very well known romance line! I knew her name because my agent and I were submitting to her, and I was crossing everything that would cross that she’d accept some of my ideas. So when she releases a book for writers, you’re wise to take notice.

Master Lists for Writers: Gold Edition is fantastic! The original Master Lists for Writers had some content that wasn’t teen-appropriate. (Teens might disagree!) But this version has some new content, and took out the more risqué lists that a parent might not want to hand to their teenager. So that means, if you have a teen in your life who loves to write, you can feel confident in gifting them this book to help their craft.

So what is this book? It’s just what it says–lists, lists and more lists! You know how you wander around your living room thinking, “Why would my character have done that? I need a good reason!” and come up blank? Well, Bryn probably has a list that will jumpstart your ideas!

These are a few of the lists I find helpful:

50 Character Goals
50 Conflicts to a Goal
50 Conflicts to a Romance
50 Reasons for Characters to Fall in Love
50 Reasons to Go on a Dangerous Quest
25 Ways to make a Quest or a Battle More Difficult
50 Motives for Murder
100 Murder Weapons
100 Murder Clues
75 Past Traumas

And that just to name a few! It’s not expensive, but it’s super helpful to the working writer who just needs to get his/her own brain jumpstarted to get that story moving.

You can pre-order it now. It releases November 4, 2025. This one is worth it, fellow writers!