The Value in Creative Writing Prompts If you’ve been wanting to become a writer, but you haven’t actually done any writing yet, here’s a good way to get started. Get a spiral notebook and dedicate it to a little creative writing. Choose one of the following creative writing prompts each day this week and write…
A Guest Post from Children’s Author Nancy I. Sanders I just talked with my sister whose son lives in Minnesota. Her son was caught driving in a blizzard on Saturday but fortunately is okay. Here in my garden in sunny southern California, however, flowers are blooming everywhere. Spring has officially arrived! There are calla lilies…
This week’s creative writing prompts are all about sunny days, and they include a creative writing challenge. I’m hoping they’ll inspire you to write something, and also help you cheer up a little if you’re still having cold or grey weather in your neck of the woods. I’ve even included a photo with each prompt…
I love to start my day with a little writing. I usually do my morning writing by hand, in a spiral notebook. And I have dozens and dozens of notebooks, all filled with little stories, articles, and even ideas for stories that I have written down over the years during my morning writing sessions. If…
Tips and resources for conveying emotion in fiction and creative nonfiction.
Want to write better fiction? Then see if you’ve developed any of these 10 bad writing habits. If you have, it’s time to break them. When you do, your fiction can’t help but improve. Bad Habit #1. Waiting to Hook Your Reader Ideally, you want to “hook” your readers with the very first sentence of…
Learn how to write your children’s stories from a child’s point of view if you hope to get them published.
Learn why story endings are so important and how to get them right.
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