Writing and Journaling - Part 1
Writing activities can yield several intellectual, physiological, and emotional benefits to individuals. Whether you are writing a novel, short story, memoirs or journaling your day to day, writing can be very therapeutic.
This week, take some time to write with help from some of these online resources.
Creative Writing
Creative writing is writing that expresses ideas and thoughts in an imaginative way. It is the "art of making things up". Fiction novels, poems, short stories, screenplays, and songs are all considered creative writing. Creative writing exercises can help you build confidence, self expression, thought clarification and improve communication skills.
For those wanting to write a novel, short story or any creative venture, here are some exercises that can get you started or keep you going:
Indigoextra - Creative writing exercises
10 Creative Writing Exercises for Beginners and Writers
ghost.org - 10-minute writing workouts
One of the tips from ghost.org is to improve your writing by editing someone else’s work. Distributed Proofreaders is an online proofreading tool for new e-books. You will proofread one page at a time, as many as you like, as often as you like. You will need to register for a new account and follow beginning instructions.
Storium
Storium is a free online creative writing game for adults where you can write original stories by playing with online friends. Storium builds your skills as a writer, exercises your creative juices, and helps you meet new people. ‘Winning’ this game means writing a great story with other people. You will need to sign up for a free account to play.
Ted Talks on writing and story telling
These talks from authors and storytellers are both informative and inspiring.
Jacqueline Woodson - What reading slowly taught me about writing
Lori Gottlieb - How changing you story can change your life
Julian Friedmann - The mystery of storytelling
David JP Phillips - The magical science of storytelling
eBooks
Hoopla
Writings on writing By: May Sarton
Writing Creative Writing By: Rishma Dunlop
cloudLibrary
How to write fiction By: HowExpert
Write Great Fiction Revision And Self-Editing By: Bell, James Scott
How I Write By: Evanovich, Janet