Creative Writing Links

Creative Writing Exercises

I just found this site so I can't say for sure how useful the exercises are, but they are interesting enough that I wanted to make sure that I remembered to visit the site when I'm at home and in the writing mode.

Creative Writing Prompts

This site rocks my socks! Just wave your magic wand (or mouse, as the case may be) and a writing prompt will magically pop up on your screen and fill you with creative inspiration.

Crapmeter

Think your writing sucks? Find out for sure by submitting it to Elektra's Crapometer. I submitted a few pages of a short story and received excellent feedback from the readers of this site. But, remember, be nice: be sure to critique others' work as well.

Miss Snark

If you ever wanted to know what the literary agents are really thinking, visit this blog. Then, again, maybe you shouldn't...

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab

Well, it ain't Lansing, but it will answer any question you ever had about writing.

Salt Lake City or Bust

Tomorrow, alone, I brave Salt Lake City. I met a girl today who told me that tomorrow is the first day of the biannual conference that the Mormons have at Temple Square each year. The place is going to be packed to the brims and, judging by my Mormon experiences thus far and the fact that it seems as if the Mormons have brainwashing down to an expert science, an absolutely terrifying experience. I'm pumped! Do you think they'll be able to smell my fear?

The conference was a great success, if you ignore all of the unbelievable disorganization involved, but I'll let you read about that in the column I'll be writing. My presentation went very well, I made new friends, and found better places to eat than the gross cafeteria. The next two days will be weird since I'll have the dorm all to myself and I'll be entering the den of religious ferver tomorrow, but should I survive, I'll write all about it. Wish me luck! Now I'm off to find hot water and some NyQuil in order to conquer the cold I feel coming on.