MASTER LIST OF WRITING RESOURCES

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

This is an ongoing list of writing resources. I hope you find them useful! If you have other resources to suggest, please suggest them in the "Suggest Writing Resources" thread.

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Worldbuilding:

• Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions
• Fractal World Generator

Plotting:

• How To Write Without a Clue Where It's Going
• Ditch the Outline: Why You Should Try Discover Writing
• How to Write A Story (Without feeling like your work is awful and wanting to put your fist through a wall)
• Ten things you can do in the middles of novels
• Lots of advice about plotting on this blog

Character Development:

• Charahub
• The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test

• Character Sheets: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6

Concentration/Motivation:

• Write or Die
• Written? Kitten!
• Coffivity

Titles:

• How To Come Up With a Good Title

Names:

• Behind The Name
• Nameberry

Writing Communities:

• Figment
• Young Writers Society


Miscellaneous:

• Page from the NASA website that explains space technology for science fiction writers
• Hemingway (a program that checks over your writing for confusing sentences, passive voice, and adverbs)
• Limyaael's Rants (a huge archive of writing advice)
• Writing Excuses (writing prompts and podcasts about writing)

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Generators:

• Springhole (generators for a ton of things including names, fantasy/sci-fi creatures, backstories, clothing, and more)
• Donjon (lots of cool fantasy/sci-fi name, world, and plot generators)
• Serendipity (place, character, and title generators)
• RanGen (character, writing, world, item, and name generators)

• Outfit Generators: 1 // 2 // 3
• Personality/Background Generators: 1 // 2 // 3
• Location Name Generators:

Real Location Names: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5

Fantasy Location Names: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8

• Character Name Generators: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5