Georgia Said:

Are there any creative writing clubs/organizations I can join for free online?

We Answered:

http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/

Melanie Said:

I need help w/ a creative writing project?(10 points)?

We Answered:

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Mattie Said:

school work? creative ways to write a letter?

We Answered:

For creative typing you would use different fonts - Times New Roman, Courier, etc and maybe use color for different paragraphs.
However, your recipient is probably reading English slowly, since it is so extremely different from he or she is accustomed to, and artistic efforts may only confuse him or slow him down in reading.
For his sake, make the typing as clear as possible, and leave enough space between lines that he can look up a work in a Chinese/English dictionary and make notes when needed.
For similar reason, make your writing style clear and direct, because experimenting with English sentence structure, point of view, etc may be confusing to him now. When he is older and has studied English longer, you can write more creatively.

Beatrice Said:

What are some good ideas for a middle/high school play?

We Answered:

My school did a play that combined all of the fairy tales into one Brothers Grim Spectacular! it was awesome and super funny. you could try that.

Irene Said:

How can I get better at creative writing?

We Answered:

I think it is exciting that you are interested in writing. To write well is to build a bridge to the world out of your own dreams. By this I mean it is a lot of work but also fun. Perhaps like exploring the darkest jungles and wildest native ruins and discovering incredible treasures and finding them all in your own back yard. Thank god you bothered to look. Truly the best way to get better at writing is also the best way to get better at anything. Practice. Be easy on yourself with criticism and hard on yourself with effort. Never say I am not good enough but always how can I say this better. Derek Walcott won the Nobel Prize for literature and wrote his first epic poem at about your age. He said something that brought me great comfort. He said "Each blank page fills me with barely contained terror and if anyone tells you differently they are lying" So if writing feels difficult, that is normal. I will suggest two sources for tips on writing. First Kurt Vonnegut's rules:

Now lend me your ears. Here is Creative Writing 101:

1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.
5. Start as close to the end as possible.
6. Be a sadist. No matter sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

The greatest American short story writer of my generation was Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964). She broke practically every one of my rules but the first. Great writers tend to do that.

If you haven't read Vonnegut. You have a treat on the way.

I will also suggest a book by none other than Steven King who by the way encourages people to use nice short sentences and to be careful not to get carried away describing things. The title of the book is ahem "On Writing" I think it is very useful. There are many resources and many of them with some value. I think a good mantra for young writer would be "Write anyway" or Write Away right away the right way er.........hehe