Creative Writing Every Day
I, for one, don't do as "good" a job as I should about writing every day, no matter what. When I'm in the midst of drafting a novel, I write for hours every day. I'm a NaNoWriMo-style drafter--I can usually complete the first draft of an 80,000 word novel in about 5 weeks. But when I'm not in that crazy-fun drafting mode, I tend to let the writing falter. Which I shouldn't. Because, like a pianist doing scales, a writer needs to write to stay fluid and loose.
Here's a tool I recently found that I just love: Story Praxis. Founder Andy Meisenheimer simply puts a new word up each day to serve as a story prompt. If all you want to do is write on your own, you can. But if you are interested in share, the Story Praxis site allows for that too-with shareable postings and even an online magazine version of people's works.
Check it out!