These are some links I found that are helpful to writers. As other good ones are brought to my attention I will add them here. I hope something on this list will be of help to you as you journey on in your writing adventure, be it a school project, a short story or poem or novel .. however your writing is developing. Enjoy!
Needing some writing instruction:
- Author Sue Harrison’s workshop: Writing the Third Dimension
- Tara Lazar – created Storystorm (formerly PiBoIdMo); excellent writing challenge and source of info for writers
- Write to Done – test your grammar with this quiz
- A book reviewer’s 10 tips for authors
- Writer’s Digest Shop – books to help in all areas of your writing
- Writing for Christian market – a variety of books included
Needing writing software and ways to analyze your writing:
- Scrivener – management program to make your writing better
- Readability test tool – test the readability of your writing
- Writing Sample Readability Analyzer – uses readability algorithms
- Writing Tester – grade level reading skills test
Needing motivation:
- Writing prompts
- Creativity Prompts
- Encouragement
- Create a Word Cloud
- Wheel Decide – spin wheel for ideas to put together for your story
Needing just the right word, phrasing, or the correct meaning:
- Scrabble Words
- Synonyms & Antonyms
- Wordnik (seems to have everything you’ll need; interactive)
- Free Dictionary
- Thesaurus
- Wiktionary
- Writing Tips
- The Word Detective
- Word Visualizer – examine word relationships
- Sentence Writer – alternatives from your partial phrase
- Writing Dialect
Needing words that rhyme:
Needing that “just right” name for a character:
- Meanings of names
- Baby Names
- Name that character
- Character naming resources
- Behind the Name
- Personal Baby Name Assistant
- Name/Age Calculator
- Name Themes
- Character Name Generator – generate character name & personality
- Fantasy Name Generators – scroll to bottom of that pg for the best categories, past all the images
Needing help with punctuation:
Needing maps for your fantasy world:
Needing a title for your story:
Translators & Quotes to spice things up:
Needing editing help:
Needing to know the exact number of words, and other helps:
- Word count and Character Count
- Word Count Tool
- Word & Character Counter
- Converting Case – lower to upper, upper to lower
- Writing in Reverse
- Online Typing Speed Test
Needing software and help to publish your eBook:
- Kindle Kids’ Book Creator – Amazon’s answer to eBook publishing
- Picture eBook Mastery – learning to be a Kindle author, step-by-step
Needing promotional and marketing help:
- Music for your book trailer – Lee Fitzsimmons, composer
- Cafe’ Press – create & personalize your own promotional products
- Vista Print – design your own inexpensive stationery promo items
- Zazzle – design & personalize your own promotional products
Fun stuff to help you learn as you write:
- Renaissance Learning
- Wikipedia
- Freerice – help feed the hungry while testing your word skill
- Stay fit – just fun stuff
- Today I found out – fun facts
Needing to vanquish distractions & writer’s block:
Needing a distraction to procrastinate & generate new ideas:
- NASA – astronomy photo a day
- NASA’s archives
- Read a novel
- Google Fight
- Sketch Swap
- Enjoy a book
Needing to manage time to write:
- How to manage home and writing
- Housework management
- How to fold a shirt – take less time with laundry or packing
Needing to post shorter links:
When you prefer Internet privacy while searching for information:
When you deserve procrastination indulgence:
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