Creative Writing
Are you having trouble hearing your creative muse? Is your suffering-artist persona stuck deep in a melancholic funk, bogged down by insufferable writer's block? (Actually, we're just teasing about the whole "suffering-artist" bit. We are sure that not all creative writers are suffering or melancholic.) While many resources found on the Internet prove helpful for writers of academic and non-fiction works, different types of fiction writing involve additional, genre-specific issues. Whether you are a poet, a short story writer, a novelist, a playwright, or a screenplay composer, you will hopefully find something of use in these pages.
Brown Departments
- Literary Arts Program
- The English Department
- Modern Culture and Media
- Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance
General Resources
- The Association of Writers & Writing Programs - organization supporting all types of writing
- National Writers Union - trade union for freelancers: journalists, book authors, poets, novelists, business-technical writers, and fiction writers
- Nebraska Center for Writers - a resource for poets and fiction writers, with writer profiles, links to university creative writing programs, agents, advocacy, and more
- PEN American Center - seeks to defend the freedom of expression, and promote and encourage the recognition and reading of contemporary literature
Communities and Workshops
- The Internet Writing Workshop - mailing lists and databases for writers
- Indiana University Writers' Conference
- Writer's Center - a writing community with resources and workshops
Publishing
- Getting Published - serves as an introduction to the publication cycle, covering academic journals and books
- The Write News - daily news service covering the writing and publishing industry on the internet