Smashing Magainze’s list of 50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills is, to say the least, incredible. It’s probably as complete of a list of resources for writers that you will see. In fact, the only thing I see missing is Weekly Writing Assignment (that’s o.k., we’ll forgive them as this site was [...]

As I mentioned in other posts, Weekly Writing Assignment is as much about sharing resources as it is about the assignments and contest. Every Wednesday, I’ll be sharing a resources for writers of all types.
So today, I’m sharing with you the website of one of my favorite literati luminaries: Garison Keeler’s Writer’s Almanac. This is [...]

Since launching this site earlier this week, there’s been some questions about how the contest works and when new assignments are given out. I’ll also be updating the rules page shortly, but here’s how this works for now.
Each week, Weekly Writing Assignment will publish a new assignment. Generally, this will be done on Sundays at [...]

I hope you’re enjoying this week’s assignment. I have to say, the response has been overwhelming! I’ve gotten lots of great feedback from friends and strangers alike. Keep those assignments rolling in! Just remember, the deadline to submit is midnight, June 27.
To help you out with this week’s assignment, I thought I’d turn to [...]

Writing Assignment #1: Random Words
For this week’s assignment, you must write a 300 word story using 15 random words. See the full post for complete instructions.