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Eloquent Conversationalist
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 Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:56 pm
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With incredible contributions from Sami Von Disco, I present to CSD, the Writing Resources thread.
AKA: a link-list to fun stuff that could help us figure out how write better.
I'd prefer if you only posted links to resources or your own guides in here, not an actual discussion... but I'm also probably not going to enforce that. razz
As suggestions are made, I'll be starting to divide them up into categories & probably mini-descriptions! It might be a mess now and again when you come in as I organize, but come back in a few minutes and it'll be fine again!
Also, let us know if these links aren't working or there's some sort of error! Post a comment here or PM pythonesque
References:
Wikipedia (You know you love it.)
The Free Dictionary (Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Thesaurus and more)
Archetype: The Fiction Writer's Guide to Psychology
Duotrop (resource listing Fiction and Poetry publications)
Fiction Factor (online magazine for fiction writers)
Seventh Sanctum (Generators for genres, prompts, names, etc)
Yet Another Fantasy Name Generator
Project Gutenberg (Free books online)
Enhance My Vocabulary (Relearn the basics or skip to the vocabulary stretches)
Color Thesaurus
[T]itle Grabbing by Acronym Abuser
Rhyme Zone
NonVerbal Thesaurus (Guide to adding nonverbal communication into your stories)
Learn Your Damn Homophones (Warning: swearing is plentiful here)
Guides & Handbooks:
How to Name a Fictional Place
The Keables Guide
Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Writer's Handbook (Writing center through the University of Wisconsin - Madison)
An Online Guide to Dream Interpretation
Guide for Internal Conflict
Guide to Female Behavior
Guide to Advanced Character Creation
More Guides by OokamiKasumi
Character Development:
The Mary Sue Litmus Test
The Character Creation Thread by Arcturus Highwind
The Writer's Mary Sue Test
World Building:
Magical World Builder
30 Days of World Building
Role playing:
Learn To Roleplay (LIKE A BOSS) by THE Grapey Mango
Roleplay 101 by Electric Kool-Aid
So You Wanna Take it Outside, Huh? (Combat RP Guide) by Wahoozerman
Dos and Do nots of Being Taken Seriously as an RPer post by Syndrama
100 Questions to ask About Your RP Character
School for Better Roleplaying Guilde
Communities:
YALITCHAT
Absoulte Write (forums about writing)
Write to Done (blog all about writing)
Limyael's Rants: Master List (Rants about writing, mostly fantasy-based)
Contests:
Writers of the Future (Fantasy and sci-fi awards for young writers)
Writing Challenges & Exercises:
Write or Die (Putting the prod in productivity)
Prompt me! Words, phrases, and images by Dev Kimkio
Writing exercises
Exercises for Writing for Beginning Writers
Creative Writing Prompts
National Novel Writing Month (Write a 50k word novel in 30 days)
Script Frenzy (Write a 100 page script in the month of April)
Non-Internet Sources:
Book in a Month
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:03 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:29 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:32 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:35 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:45 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:24 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:15 am
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You said you wanted more resources so here you go. Don't hate me xd
Dream Dictionary I find it helpful for inspiration if my character is going to have recurring dreams or something of that nature.
Thesaurus.com Ever helpful when you can't think of just the right word.
Expressive phrases This site seems to be geared toward vocabulary building, but these phrases are pretty nifty.
Adjective order Just some basic rules for adjectives and describing things.
Semi-Colons! When, where, and how to use them.
Brackets, Ellipses, Hypens, and Capitalization More helpful advice for people that struggle with unusual punctuation.
Prompts
Tips for Proofreading
Avoiding Cliches
Color Thesaurus More fun than a normal thesaurus because you can see the colors biggrin
World Building and on the same site 30 days of World Building one aspect a day, 15 minutes a day (though if you want to devote 8 straight hours to it I'm sure that would work too xp )
Naming a fictional place
I think that's enough for right now xp
Maybe if you organized them in to categories of Planning, Writing, Proofreading/Grammar, and Editing that would work out smile
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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:05 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:27 pm
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