Creative Writing Resources
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Since 1982 the English Department at San Jose State University has sponsored the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a whimsical literary competition that challenges entrants to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels.
Creative Writing: A New York Times Learning Network Lesson Plan Unit
The Learning Network has developed lesson plan units that use recent New York Times articles as springboards for examining important curricular topics in interesting and exciting ways.
Creative Writing Prompts
A list of 203 creative writing prompts.
Journaling
Nine different types of journaling are explained. (from SCORE)
The Literary Machine
The Literary Machine is a dynamic archive and an idea management tool aimed at creative thinking — built especially with the writer in mind. (Free software)
Pizzaz
PIZZAZ! is dedicated to providing simple creative writing and oral storytelling activities with copyable handouts for use with students of all ages.
Writing Prompt Generator
Click the button for a random writing prompt!
Writing Prompts/Journal Topics
A great list of writing and journal topics from CanTeach.