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30-Day Creative Challenge review
A $17.99 ebook of thirty creative prompts, credited to a doctor with a bare PhD in psychology.
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A prompt-a-day challenge is one of the few formats in this catalogue where the product is the content rather than advice about content, which is a point in its favour: thirty prompts either work or they do not, and the perfectionism angle is the right obstacle to target. You cannot see any of them before buying, though, and free thirty-day creative challenges circulate widely in art and writing communities, usually with a group doing them alongside you. The credited co-author is given a PhD in Psychology, unusually with no invented specialism, and twenty-four years of experience that cannot be checked.
- Price
- $17.99
- Billing
- One-time payment
- Best for
- People who want a prompt list and will accept buying it unseen
- Not for
- Anyone who wants company or feedback during the challenge
30-Day Creative Challenge at a glance
The contents are daily prompts to spark ideas, techniques for getting past perfectionism and self-doubt, building a sustainable creative routine, exercises for imagination, focus and problem-solving, and carrying momentum past the thirty days. It is an instant download with no page count, priced $17.99 against a printed regular price of $47, with a 60-day refund window on the order form.
- Format
- Ebook, instant download after purchase
- Length
- Not stated: the order form gives no page count
- Contents
- Daily prompts to spark fresh ideas and originality; Techniques to overcome perfectionism and self-doubt; Simple ways to build a sustainable creative routine; Exercises for boosting imagination, focus, and problem-solving; How to carry your creative momentum beyond 30 days
- Price
- $17.99 one time, listed beside a regular price of $47
- Refund window
- 60 days on the order form
- Credited author
- Hina Sarwar
- Credited co-author
- Dr. Martha Andrews, described as holding a PhD in Psychology with 24 years of experience
- Readership claim
- Claims 305000+ readers
- Sales page
- None: the Digistore24 order form is the only description
- Seller
- GhulamBooks, listed as the merchant on the Digistore24 order form; no website, address or phone number is given anywhere. Digistore24 Inc. is the reseller of record.
- Digistore24 ID
- 637573
Thirty prompts and a reason to use them
Daily prompts, perfectionism, routine building and exercises for imagination.
The product here is the prompts themselves rather than advice about creativity.
Free challenges come with a group
Art and writing communities run thirty-day challenges publicly, with people doing them together.
Accountability from a group is the part a PDF cannot supply.
The co-author's degree does not exist
The listing credits Dr. Martha Andrews with a PhD in Psychology and 24 years of experience. No university awards a doctorate in that, and it is the pattern across all 84 titles from this seller: each book gets its own doctor with a PhD in exactly that book's subject.
Three of those names appear twice with different doctorates and different decades of experience, so the credentials are generated rather than held.
The rest of the numbers are decoration
Claims 305000+ readers, although the seller has no website, no catalogue page and no way to check. The $47 regular price sits next to $17.99 on every title in the catalogue and is never charged.
The reviews carry first names and US or European cities, which cannot be verified either.
Pros and cons
What works
- Content rather than advice
- Targets perfectionism directly
- 60-day refund window on the order form
- Instant download, no add-ons in the cart
What does not
- Prompts unseen before purchase
- Free challenges include community
- Co-author credited with a degree that does not exist
- Permanent $47 anchor price
- No sales page, author bio or sample
30-Day Creative Challenge FAQ
Can I see the prompts first?
No, there is no sample or sales page.
Is it for a specific art form?
No, the prompts are general creative exercises.
How much does it cost?
$17.99 as a one-time payment, with no sales tax added for a US address.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, the order form shows a 60-day money-back window.
Who wrote it?
The listing credits Hina Sarwar, with Dr. Martha Andrews as co-author. Neither has a verifiable profile, and the doctorate given is not a real academic field.
The bottom line
A prompt-a-day challenge is one of the few formats in this catalogue where the product is the content rather than advice about content, which is a point in its favour: thirty prompts either work or they do not, and the perfectionism angle is the right obstacle to target. You cannot see any of them before buying, though, and free thirty-day creative challenges circulate widely in art and writing communities, usually with a group doing them alongside you. The credited co-author is given a PhD in Psychology, unusually with no invented specialism, and twenty-four years of experience that cannot be checked.
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