Getting Started

Naturally, I'm already behind schedule with NaNoWriMo. Big surprise*. I'm not pleased with what I've written thus far (another big surprise*), I can't put my hands on the list of writing ideas I've already started, and I have absolutely no idea what I want to write about, so today I'm starting over with some exercises.

Of course, I can't easily put my hands on the books and decks of writing exercises I already have, so I've turned to the Internet.

In case any of you are interested in doing a few creative writing exercises of your own, I'm listing some of the sites I've found here, although I haven't yet tried any of them, so use them at your own risk:

• Writers' Digest, here
• CreativeWritingPrompts.com
• Writing Fix, here (intended for kids, but has some good, general purpose prompts, too.)
• The Creativity Portal's Imagination Prompt Generator
• C.M Mayo's site, here
• Meridith Sue Willis' site, here
• The "Buried Treasures" blog
• The 6' Ferret Writers' Group, here
• One of Us Creative Writing Web site, here
• about.com, here and here

And then, just for fun, there's this one ('cause we really don't want to take all of this too seriously)--warning: it contains foul language and some crass content. Funny, but crass.

• http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/5/4wiencek.html

Anybody else know of any good resources?

*sarcasm