I often wrote a journal as a teen to release feelings of frustration or sadness and sometimes just to get my brain thinking.  As a matter of fact, I still use the technique as an adult. Try it!  Spelling does not matter and in your personal journal, you can be as creative as you like.  Reading and writing are closely linked and the more you expose yourself, the better you will get.  The idea is just to get the pencil moving...





www.grammarbase.com/check/

Word builder:
http://ideas.gstboces.org/wordbuilder/

Story starter:
http://www.thestorystarter.com/

My Hero: Inspirational stories and journaling:
http://myhero.com/go/home.asp

Writing grapic organizers:
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.jsp

Visual thesaurus:
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Elecronic Sources on the Internet:
http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/1.2/inbox/mla_archive.html

Commonly confused words:
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/conford.html

Punctuation marks:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/marks.htm

Spelling compound words:
http://www.wilbers.com/part24.htm

101 Similes:
http://www.writers-free-reference.com/100bestsimile.htm

Passive and active voice:
http://www.likesbooks.com/wb23.html

Word frequency counter:
http://www.writewords.org.uk/word_count.asp