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25 Free writing sites for prompts, exercises, lesson plans and more

Recently, I shared 25 free math sites for games, challenges, worksheets and more.  Now here's a plethora of really good writing links, all absolutely free.

  1. Read Write Think
  2. Writing Fun
  3. Creative Writing Prompts
  4. Language is a Virus idea generators and exercises
  5. 100 Words
  6. The National Writing Project
  7. Figment teen writer community
  8. Creative Writing Now
  9. NANO Young Novelist Workbooks (FABULOUS writing workbooks over 100 pages each!)
  10. The Purdue Online Writing Lab
  11. Darling's Guide to Grammar & Writing
  12. Speech Tips
  13. 11 Great Sites To Create Your Own Comics
  14. Magnetic Poetry online
  15. Writing Fix
  16. I Love That Teaching Idea!
  17. Great Source iWrite
  18. The Write Source writing topics
  19. Free university writing courses online
  20. Discovery Education's English homework help
  21. Script Frenzy for Young Writers
  22. Research & Writing for teens
  23. Blue Zoo Young Writers
  24. Writers Inspired
  25. Creative Writing Worksheets
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In the Mankato area, the Betsy Tacy Society occasionally hosts writing workshops.  Bethany Lutheran College also hosts an annual Young Writers Workshop.

Stay tuned to this column for more free writing resources, plus resources in many other subjects!

, Mankato Homeschooling Examiner

Alicia Bayer and her husband homeschool their five children in Westbrook, Minnesota, using a combination of Charlotte Mason, Waldorf, Montessori, Unit Studies, Unschooling and other homeschooling methods. You can reach Alicia at alicia.bayer@gmail.com.

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