Creative Writing: Creativity Resources for Writers

Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online. You can create colorful mind maps online, share and work with friends, and embed your mind map in your blog or website.

FreeMind is a free mind-mapping software written in Java.

Creativity Portal's Imagination Prompt Generator will inspire you by outputting one of many randomly generated "Imagination Prompts" at the press of a button. We call them Imagination Prompts because they can be used for writing, blogging, art projects, music, discussion, or anything else you need some inspirational prompting for! Discover more writing inspiration, prompts, and how-to articles in the menus on both sides of this page.

A web service first to avoid ideas being forgotten, then to organize and improve those ideas by giving you the opportunity to share your ideas with friends and necessary tools to improve your ideas by yourself and individually.

A paid tool for organizing longer writing projects, Scrivener has a free trial version available, but you will need to pay to use the full version after the trial period.

Essay by Casey Lesser