Projects
What I cannot create, I do not understand — Richard Feynman.
It's a great way to learn.
- Write your own poems
- Write your own short stories
- Compose your own novels
- Create your own plays
- Craft your own essays
- Compose your own literary criticism
- Write your own experimental prose
- Build your own narrative worlds
- Construct your own characters
- Design your own literary forms
- Create your own spoken-word pieces
- Write your own microfiction
- Reconstruct your own myths and legends
- Compose your own epistolary works
- Invent your own poetic sequences
- Craft your own hybrid genre texts
- Build your own literary manifestos
Write your own poems
- How to Write a Poem: A Step-by-Step Guide (Article / Guide)
- How to write a poem (Guide / Tutorial)
- How To Write A Poem: A Step By Step Guide (Article / Step-by-step)
Write your own short stories
- How to Write a Short Story: 9 Proven Steps (Guide / Tutorial)
- How to Write a Short Story in 8 Simple Steps (Article / Step-by-step)
- How to Write a Short Story: The Short Story Checklist (Guide / Checklist-based)
Compose your own novels
- How to Write a Novel: 12 Simple Steps From a Bestseller (Guide / Step-by-step)
- How to Write a Novel: A Bestselling Author's Guide (Article / 8-step process)
- First Draft Roadmap: 10 Steps to Writing A Novel For Beginners (Guide / Roadmap)
Create your own plays
- How to Write a Play in 9 Steps (Article / Step-by-step)
- How to Write a Play : 7 Steps (Tutorial / Instructables guide)
- How To Write A Stage Play (Guide / Procedural steps)
Craft your own essays
- The Beginner's Guide to Writing an Essay - Steps & Examples (Guide / Comprehensive steps)
- Strategies for Essay Writing (Resource collection / Harvard tutorial series)
- Writing a great essay (Guide / University tips with steps)
Compose your own literary criticism
- HOW TO WRITE A LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY — provides a clear structural process (thesis formation, organization, evidence integration) that can be adapted to produce original critical arguments
- Steps to Literary Criticism - Subject and Course Guides — outlines a sequential method from reading/questioning to thesis-building and evidence defense, useful for crafting independent critical pieces
- A Short Guide to Close Reading for Literary Analysis — teaches analytical reading techniques that form the foundation for generating one's own interpretive criticism
Write your own experimental prose
- Experimental Writing: Techniques & Purpose - StudySmarter — describes key techniques (non-linear narratives, fragmentation, language play) with examples to model and apply in original work
- Marisa Crane on the Finer Points of Experimental Fiction — offers practical guidelines (lean into metaphor, embrace failure, edit tightly) from a practitioner for approaching experimental composition confidently
- Experimental Fiction: Examples and Dynamics — analyzes specific works to illustrate how deviation from norms creates effect, aiding in reverse-engineering innovative prose strategies
Build your own narrative worlds
- Worldbuilding: A Guide for Creating an Immersive World — step-by-step foundational advice on establishing rules, consistency, and immersion tailored to fiction writing
- Building a Fictional World: A Novelist's Guide — systematic questions and elements (government, culture, systems) to methodically construct believable settings
- A Guide for Successful World-Building in Fiction — explains consistency and integration with story, providing a workflow for building coherent narrative environments
Construct your own characters
- My 6-Point Character-Building Process — structured questionnaire-based method (background, motivations, flaws) for developing rounded, compelling figures
- A Step-By-Step Plan to Create Compelling Characters — phased approach to character revision and depth, including questions to uncover motivations and consistency
- Character Development Worksheet: An Essential Writing Tool — detailed worksheet framework covering physical, psychological, and arc dimensions for systematic character creation
Design your own literary forms
- Experimental Writing: Techniques & Purpose - StudySmarter — surveys unconventional structures and constraints (e.g., Oulipo methods) as models for inventing new forms
- Marisa Crane on the Finer Points of Experimental Fiction — discusses using unusual forms (maps, lists, etc.) tied to theme, encouraging bold experimentation in form design
- Contemporary experimental forms - World Literature II Class Notes — highlights characteristics like metafiction and genre-blending to inspire and inform the creation of novel literary structures
Create your own spoken-word pieces
- How to Write a Poem: A Step-by-Step Guide — adaptable poetry workflow emphasizing rhythm, performance elements, and oral qualities suitable for spoken word
- How to write a poem — process-oriented advice on voice, sound, and delivery that translates directly to spoken-word composition
Write your own microfiction
- How to Write a Short Story: 9 Proven Steps — concise principles of economy, conflict, and resolution easily scaled down for microfiction practice
- How to Write a Short Story in 8 Simple Steps — focused structure that supports extreme brevity while maintaining impact
Reconstruct your own myths and legends
- How to Write a Novel: 12 Simple Steps From a Bestseller — narrative-building steps adaptable to mythic structures, archetypes, and symbolic layering
- Worldbuilding: A Guide for Creating an Immersive World — techniques for cultural and historical depth that aid in reimagining mythic frameworks
Compose your own epistolary works
- How to Write a Short Story: The Short Story Checklist — structural tools for fragmented, voice-driven narratives suitable for letter/diary formats
- Write your own experimental prose resources above — techniques like fragmentation and multiple perspectives support epistolary experimentation
Invent your own poetic sequences
- How to write a poem — iterative process for building connected pieces through theme and variation
- Invent your own poetic sequences can draw from general poetry guides with emphasis on continuity and progression
Craft your own hybrid genre texts
- Experimental Writing: Techniques & Purpose - StudySmarter — explains genre-blending and boundary-pushing as core methods for hybrid creation
- Marisa Crane on the Finer Points of Experimental Fiction — practical mindset for combining forms meaningfully
Build your own literary manifestos
- Compose your own literary criticism resources above — argumentative structure and thesis-driven writing adaptable to declarative manifesto form
- Experimental Writing: Techniques & Purpose - StudySmarter — boundary-challenging ethos provides a model for manifesto-style declarations of new literary principles