This thread is going to be for links and discussion about writing in japanese. If you have questions about how to write a character feel free to ask here or if you find a great learning tool from a website feel free to post the link.
Here are a couple of sites that i have found with online stroke order and dont require you to download anything. Also this is the handwritten font and not computer font which is good as well.
hirigana
http://www.umich.edu/~umichjlp/Hiraganapro/
katakana
http://www.umich.edu/~umichjlp/Katakanapro/index.html
Then here was a pretty good way to start learning some basic kanji.
http://japanese.about.com/library/blkanji1.htm
One of the things i would like to say here is that learning the kanji and remembering them is the most difficult thing in japanese by far. (opinion) If you find it easier then i envy you. ^_^. Ganbate