Creative Writing Blogs

Discover the best independent blogs about creative writing on BlogRolly.

• Reviving written comedy in the digital age — Is written comedy a dying art? Are our attention spans too short to appreciate a good setup or rant anymore?
• Circumstance — A sudden flash fiction about memory and missed connection in a coffee shop, told in two shifting perspectives. I wrote i
• In Pursuit of My Very Own Classic Cardigan (aka Chanel) Jacket — Hunting for my perfect classic cardigan jacket sent me through vintage Vogue Pattern Book pages, a thread traced muslin
• First Sculpt Completed — Ever finished a first sculpt and felt both proud and baffled? My first piece, Uncle Frank, is done. I posted final image
• Book spine poem: Memory — A reflective book spine poem about memory and forgetting, stacked from cognitive science and memoirs, where each book ti
• Book spine poem: Antarctica — I pile cold, desolate titles into a book spine poem about Antarctica, ice, political ghosts and Eldridge Cleaver, lettin
• Book spine poem: Sleep the Big Sleep — I riff on noir, insomnia and literal sleep in a book spine poem that stacks crime novels and sleep science, somewhere be
• I Womansplain My (10th Birthday) Blog — Ten years of blogging and I’m still here—older, louder, and less polite about it. A wry anniversary post on women writin
• I Write Again — After a dry spell, I come back to the page. This is about creative burnout, starting to write again in midlife, and the
• A chocolate chip melted in my mouth — A small kitchen moment turns into something tender and a little aching. I write about comfort food memories, late-night
• MISTRESS — A short, sharp epigram with audio, part love poem, part confession. I play with desire, secrecy, and the blurred lines o
• Reciprocate — I’ve been reflecting on what it means to give and receive with care. This post explores mutual effort in friendships, em
• Glazed Meatloaf — A warm, slightly nostalgic food-centred piece about making glazed meatloaf and the memories tied to simple home cooking.
• Imbue — A lyrical short story about what we pour into the things and people we love. I explore meaning, intention, and the quiet
• What’s your favorite candy? — This is a sweet, memory-laced reflection on making fudge and the moments that gather around it. Part recipe mood, part p
• Canoodle — A playful, tender short story about affection, closeness, and the awkward sweetness of intimacy. I lean into humour and
• Rediscovering blogging — I write about rediscovering blogging and why returning to this site feels meaningful again. After years of posting spars
• alexandra's journal — I keep my personal journal here as a collection of ideas, musings, plans, and everything swirling around in my head rela
• Weeknote 9 — Week 9: Newsletter design sprint, street photography in Shoreditch, Tailwind CSS deep dive. Balanced client calls with s
• A Writing Box — A reflection on tools for creativity, using a physical writing box as a metaphor for containment, ritual, and focus.
• The Yellow Season — A lyrical meditation on late summer tones, light, and mood, capturing the emotional shift of a season in transition.
• Six Frames — A creative reflection on seeing the world in fragments, using the idea of “frames” to explore perspective, attention, an
• Viennese Sandwiches — A quietly observant piece blending food, memory, and place. Through the simple act of making Viennese sandwiches, the es
• Cycle of inspiration, new invisibility cloak — An essay on creative cycles and withdrawal. Explores how stepping back from visibility can restore inspiration and prote
• Stars of dandelions — A light-filled poem using natural imagery to evoke wonder and transience. Dandelions become symbols of fragile beauty an
• The wind whispers — A contemplative poem grounded in place and sensation. Blends reading, nature, and presence into a moment of gentle atten
• A solitary kiss — A brief, atmospheric poem focused on isolation and intimacy. Captures how closeness can exist even when shared only with
• Sometimes I think of us — A reflective poem shaped by memory and conditional futures. Moves between what was, what might have been, and what still
• How do you stop loving? — An aching exploration of attachment that refuses easy closure. Asks an unanswerable question and lingers in the emotiona
• Awakening — A poem about emergence and inner shift. Traces the quiet moment where awareness changes and something dormant begins to
• The Peninsula — First look at the peninsula trip, focusing on its geography, quiet rhythms, and how physical distance from conflict zone