I mentioned this earlier and linked to my profile, but I figured I should talk about the site itself.
As a community Burrst brings readers and writers together so that new authors can be discovered, great ideas explored, and more stories enjoyed.
Essentially, the site consists of readers and writers. The writers write bursts, and readers (and other writers) read them.
A burst is a short piece of writing, 1,250 words or less (written and optionally spoken), typically written in 15-30 minutes (but it's really up to you). You can start with a random sentence from a book or from scratch, the only rule is that it's written without stopping to go back and correct yourself.
Once you're done, if you feel like sharing it, then you can post it to Burrst.
The site is astoundingly easy to use, and has a huge amount of potential. All of the bursts I've read so far are really really well-written.
Currently, writer accounts are invite-only, but usually it doesn't take long to get accepted (mine was a matter of mere minutes) and it is well worth it.