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"The main tool of a writer is his creativity. Is that enough? Well, it may be if you're not concerned about boosting your productivity and making your readers happy by launching a new book, short story, or blog post sooner. "

"Novels by serious writers of genius often eventually become best-sellers, but most contemporary best-sellers are written by second-class writers whose psychological brew contains a touch of naivety, a touch of sentimentality, the story-telling gift, and a mysterious sympathy with the day-dreams of ordinary people." This quote by Leonard Woolf depicts the realm of best-selling lists: they are filled with badly-written prose that does not help readers establish lasting impressions and values. "

"It's true that writers all have their preferred way of working. While some prefer the Scrivener approach, others still use typerwriters. Some even write by hand! Check out this cool infographic to see if your favorite author is on here… and let us know in the comments how you prefer to do your own writing!"

The Poetry In Colour Forum allows for feedback on other's work, poetry, essays, short stories, lyrics and more. Registration is free.

A very appealing and human story. Well written and humorous, this author manages to portray the horror and tragedy of war and Holocaust and at the same time show the beauty of humanity. Well worth reading.

The Renegade Writer provides regular e-courses, including - Travel Writing Food Writing Trade Magazines, and Magazine Writing Freelance Writing Business Story Ideas Non-Fiction Blogging

Basics tutorial in setting up a free Blogger blog, uploading images and placing text for fiction writers wanting to publishe illustrated stories onto the web.

Writer's News magazine - the website includes subscription forms for the physical magazine, and links to home study courses, an active set of community boards, competition details, and U.K. writing news stories.

373,067,200 creative ideas for writers - randomly generated prompts.

A short story

Some ideas to help you write that story in 30 days.

"Have you ever been so consumed by the creative writing process that you were left with no energy for the editing part? That happens to most writers. We don't have a problem to spend days on a short story or blog post, but even a single hour of editing makes us exhausted. The following editing tools will help you get through the challenge more easily!"

Picture this. You've spent hours or days conceptualizing and writing a killer short story, article, or blog post. Your time has had to be organized, you've forgotten about everything else and now you're ready to face yourself with all the ideas inside your mind. Now that all that work is behind you, the process of editing may seem boring, time-consuming, and pointless.

It's easy to miss vital details, which is why multiple proofreaders are often needed. Here is a tragic story - a proofreading case study - of how a typo turned a celebrity chef into a cannibal.

"This story took a very unexpected turn, but OMG, I had a blast writing it! "

New writers struggle with how to develop a plot. Here is a simple guide. By "simple", I mean these are the basic steps. Nothing stops you from repeating them or having multiple plots following parallel trajectories.