• Have you always wanted to be a writer or poet?
• Would you like to become more creative?
• Do you have ideas that you want to express as fiction, drama, poems, or a creative journal?
• Could you use a dose of inspiration? Does your idea bank need a "stimulous plan"?
• Are you looking for free writing courses?

Great news. You've come to the right place. Now we can work together to turn your writing dream into reality.

Ready? Let's go:

1) Bookmark this website so that you can come back to it.

2) Use the left-hand menu or the table of contents below to find the exact creative writing help you need. (If you're a fiction writer, or want to be, I recommend starting with the Free Online Writing Courses page. Or if you just need to wake up your muse, try the Story Starters and Poem Starters sections.)

3) Suggestion: plan a realistic writing schedule that you can absolutely commit to. Even if it's ten minutes, three times a week. Maybe early in the morning or late at night, when you can avoid interruptions. The important point is not quantity, or even quality. It is making a promise to yourself, and then keeping it faithfully.

Please take a moment now to mark those writing times in your agenda. Also write them on a piece of notepaper and tape them to your keyboard. And then treat your writing times as the highest priority appointments on your calendar. Following a writing schedule is the most important step you can take toward becoming a writer, so don't let it go.

4) Take a moment to congratulate yourself. You've just done the hardest part, which is to get started. You're one giant step closer to achieving your creative writing dream.

Table of Contents

Free Online Writing Courses. CWN offers complete free online writing courses in fiction and poetry. Work at your own level, on your own schedule.

Story Starters. Looking for creative writing ideas? Here you'll find an endless supply of free story starters and fiction writing prompts to keep your imagination flowing.

Creative Writing Prompts for Poetry. Hundreds of poetry prompts and ideas so that you never run out of inspiration. Bye-bye, Writer's Block.

How to Write a Story. Everything you need to know about how to write a story from start to finish. Bring your fiction to life with vivid descriptions, exciting plots, and characters your readers will care about.

How to Write a Novel. Novel-writing advice for new authors. Find out: 7 ways to get fiction ideas, 4 ways to turn ideas into stories, the 6 top tips to make your book a success, and much more.

How to Write Poetry. A step-by-step guide to writing poetry, with lots of ideas to inspire you. Learn essential poetry techniques and how to avoid the most common poetry problems.

How to Write a Screenplay or Play. Simple steps for developing ideas into scripts for theater or film.

Creative Journaling. Inspiration for keeping a journal, including a little trick for generating a year's worth of writing topics in less than an hour.

How to Teach Writing. If you're a writing teacher, I'd love to make your life easier. Course plans, ideas, tips and activities that you can use for your own creative writing classes.