Young
Writers' Sites
CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS
For a quick writing prompt, use the push-button prompts.
MORE CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS
If you need a quick and easy writing prompt, this site provides more
than 200.
WRITING FIX
Creating a plot is a piece of cake here. Try the interactive
instant plot creator for setting, character and plot ideas.
DAILY
CELEBRATIONS
Filled with quotes and sayings, this
site is worth a look when your creativity is suffering.
TERA'S
WISH
Read award-winning artist and author Tera Leigh's articles on
creativity and art, or peruse the various exercises, challenges, topics
and ideas to get those writing juices flowing.
ARTELLA
WORDS AND ART
Artella e-zine offers articles and links, plus two free creative writing
forums. Great place for inspiration for those who want to incorporate
visual arts with poetry.
I
LOVE POETRY
This site is a MUST SEE if you enjoy poetry. This site has everything
you ever wanted to know and more about poetry. Helpful advice about
getting published, about copyrights, advice to poets.
CREATIVITY
FOR LIFE
Find hints, tips and tricks to keep your creativity
alive.
THE
SCRIPTORIUM
This virtual room for writers includes creativity exercises, book
reviews and software suggestions for the struggling writer.
WEB
del SOL
Promotes contemporary literature in an
electronic setting. Hosts more than 25 literary arts publications and
provides a portal tot he best in hypermedia and new literary
publications. Zyzzyva is featured here!
INTERNET
RESOURCES
Strictly a links site, which compiles sites on every area of the
writer's life; networking and connections, reference and research,
fiction and nonfiction writing, writers periodicals and newsletters.
SCHOLASTIC
ART AND WRITING CONTEST
Your one stop source for information on this
important contest.
MAGNETIC
POETRY
If you enjoyed the refrigerator version, boost your creativity quotient
with the online version. This is a great place to fight writer's block!
This site is addicting!
OUR
SIMPLE JOYS
Named by Writer's Digest as a Best Writer's Site out of nearly 500
entries. This is writer Ruby Bayan's site. I think you'll enjoy her
links to sites she thinks are of value to professional free lance
writers, plus you'll love her advise on the craft of writing. Somehow
all this means more coming from a real writer.
ONE
OF US--CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP
A place for amateur and professional writers from around the world to
share their creative writing hints, tips and advice.
PLOUGHSHARES
Emerson College's literary magazine. free
access online to thousands of poems, short stories, essays, reviews, and
more, on this website.
A
POEM A DAY
The Library of Congress' site of contemporary poetry. Provides a poem a
day for American high school students. This is a wonderful place for you
to spend a study hall.
AUTHOR
MANIA
Amusing but helpful advice and articles for all writers.
WRITE4KIDS
With its free, up-to-date information, writers can share their thoughts
on writing.
QUANTUM
MUSE
Posts fantasy and science
fiction literature to provide aspiring writers ample opportunity for
creative expression.
POETIC
VOICES
A virtual handbook for poets, with info about and promotion of poetry
and poets.
CREATIVITY-PORTAL
Enjoy
and share creativity resources for the arts, crafts, music and writing.
THE
e-WRITER'S PLACE
From beginners to seasoned writers, this is a one-stop site offering
info, support and much more.
FORWARD
MOTION
Get answers and how-to help from experienced sci-fi and fantasy
writers.
HUMOR
WRITERS
The Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop page is stocked with articles and
links for humor writers.
Factual References
(Create realistic settings, historical
description, etc.)
B.J. PINCHBECK
"If you can't find it here, then you just can't find it."
ANSWERS
When you need to know something. This is a terrific study site!
WORLD FACTBOOK
A wonderful resource for developing contemporary fictional settings or for
nonfiction research.
TRUTH
OR FICTION
Check out the verity of the latest rumors and identify
hoaxes. A quick search will reveal if you've been slipped
misinformation.
ASSOCIATION
OF PERSONAL HISTORIANS
Visiting the Coaching Corner to get your memoir or anecdote off to a
good start.
INFO PLEASE
Source to look up details to make your fiction more realistic. Offering
millions of useful facts on a wide range of topics.
EXPERTS
A reliable and diverse source of experts, many of whom are outside the
academic arena.
HOW
STUFF WORKS
Has sections on electronics, household appliances, computers, food
and the human body.
MAP
ANY SPOT IN THE WORLD
So what's the fastest route through downtown Buenos
Aires? Print out a street level map for just about any address in the
world. E-mail it to friends. The site will map out directions between
Points A and B and C. This is better than MapQuest. PBS
Think PBS is only for eggheads? Watch out for the killer chickens! So
much variety here. I wonderful place to get inspired and amused.
THE OLD FARMER'S
ALMANAC
North America's oldest periodical. This is
inspirational for days when the writer's block strikes. HISTORY
CHANNEL
Enter your search for any topic, any time, and a
historical highlight is yours. PINK
MONKEY
An online study buddy. 314 literature summaries, 1800 classic texts,
online SAT test preparation and MORE!
On
Songs and their Parodies, Movies, TV
THE
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE
Searchable database of movies with more detail than you're ever likely
to need.
SONG
LYRIC SITE
Words for songs.
DISNEY
SONG LYRICS
Taking you down memory lane!
MEDIA RESOURCE SERVICE
Scientific Research Society helps writers find reputable sources of scientific info
at no charge.
DREW'S
SCRIPT-O-RAMA
Drafts and finished scripts for movies and TV shows.
For Fun and
Inspiration
HERO
MACHINE
Have you ever been frustrated that you can't see a character that you've
imagined? Thanks to the Hero Machine you can dynamically create your own
customized character portrait. Millions of possible combinations. Good
Writer's Block combatant.
WORST
OPENING LINES
Here you can pen the worst opening line for a novel. This competition is
based on Edward George Bulwer-Lytton's "It was a dark and stormy night"
novel opening.
THE FICTION WRITER'S JOURNEY
This writing site has prompts, exercises and message boards to
help fiction writers create unique characters and exciting plots.
CLICHES
Avoid cliches-- or find the
perfect one-- by using this search engine.
CREATIVITY
FOR LIFE
Explore three areas---personal creativity,
workplace creativity and the creativity toolbox. links to many other
creativity sites.
Word References
A RHYMING
DICTIONARY
Here's where you find rhyme for your poems.
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
Thousands of abbreviations and acronyms. Also Internet Emotions.
ENDANGERED WORDS
Did you know that words can be endangered? There's no way to save
them, but you can view them at the Archive of endangered, Special or Fun
words.
OXYMORONICA
Just a fun website from Word-a-day. Great place to explore
those oxymorons.
FUN
WITH WORDS
Scroll through this site to find info on anagrams, tongue twisters,
palindromes and more oddities of the English language.
VISUAL
THESAURUS
This unique thesaurus gives you everything a regular
thesaurus gives you PLUS mind maps of words and interesting graphics
that will hypnotize you.
AMERICAN
DIALECT SOCIETY
For fiction writers working on regional dialogue.
GOOD
QUOTATIONS
Good quotations by famous people.
QUOTATIONS PAGE
The author and subject search functions make it easy to find just the
right quote.
A
WEB OF ON-LINE DICTIONARIES
Dictionaries for every language imaginable.
ROGET'S
THESAURUS
Bookmark this site. It's essential for creative writers!
MAPQUEST
Door to door and city to city driving directions. Handy to help you describe your
fictional character's travels.
Writing for
Children
CHILDREN'S WRITING RESOURCE
CENTER
Free resources for children's writers, from Children's Book Insider Newsletter.
CHILDREN'S
BOOK COUNCIL
A great resource for all facets of
children's books. Has a beginner's guide to children's writing.
KIDS'
MAGAZINE WRITERS
Kids read magazines, too. Visit this site if your writing would fit
better in the pages of children's magazines than in book form.
PURPLE CRAYON
Children's book editor site, w/ articles, links, & other resources, mostly for
writers but also for anyone concerned w/ children's books.
Naming your Characters
BABYHOLD
You'll find 20,000 given names here, their meanings and their
ethnic derivation. This site is a fun one when you have characters to
name.
ALL
IN A NAME
You may be surprised to find out just how many people around the
nation share your last name-- and where they live. You can search dates
back as far as 1850 and the results appear in a color-coded map.
THINK BABY NAMES
Another fun place to find out what your first and middle names mean and
to find good names for your characters as you write.
BEHIND
THE NAME
Character naming source. Names from around the world and throughout
history.
BABY
NAMES
5,000 baby names available here when you're trying
to name that character.
PET
NAMES
Thousands of suggestions for
naming your characters' pets.
BABY NAMES--This is Fun!
Do you need a girl's name that was popular in 1890 for your story? This
social security administration site ranks a name's popularity from 1880-
present.
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