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So, I made a thread like this in 2018 gags and actually thought it was pretty helpful even though it completely died, so here's another one.
What are your favorite resources for writing? Websites, apps, music… Let's hear it!
Some of the resources on the original chat (not all of the following are from me, I just pasted them here):
- Wheel Decide– It's this great site that lets you make wheels out of options you type up. Then you can spin the wheel and it lands on a random option. I like using it when I'm stuck between a few character names. Terrible description, great website.
- Ambient-mixer.com. MAKE SURE TO TYPE THE DASH. I'm pretty sad to give my secret website away, but here it is. It lets you create your own ambients/background sounds. You Harry Potter fans would love this, as some of the most popular ambients include the Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, etc. common rooms. However, there is also a good variety of Disney, café, library, and more soundtracks. You can make your own, too! Not only that, but you can adjust the aspects of every ambient (so you could turn down the rain sound, turn up the sound of book pages turning…)
- Google Docs
- fantasynamegenerators is a really great site that has all kinds of generators for places, characters, and a whole bunch of other stuff. If you need a generator, it probably exists on this site!
- fantasynamegen is another name generator site. Not as many options on this one, but I've found I've had a lot of success with the fantasy human name generator on this site, whereas other sites tend to churn out some really questionable results (this one does too on occasion, but overall it's pretty good).
- http://www.springhole.net/writing/marysue.htm is a test that you can take to see if your character is a Mary Sue or not. It's more geared towards fantasy, but still pretty helpful nonetheless.
- tumblr can be a great resource for writers. There's a lot of blogs out there that are willing to answer writing related questions, and lots of helpful hints going around. Here are some blogs that I like to refer to:
- clevergirlhelps is a writing advice blog. They post a lot of tips and masterposts, but are also really good for answering some writing related questions.
- writingwithcolour is a writing blog that's dedicated to answering questions that you may have about -representation and writing characters of colour.
- scriptcriminaljustice is another ask based blog that's dedicated to answering questions about the criminal justice system.
- Hemingwayapp is helpful for editing
- Hannah Heath's blog has some great writing content
- If you struggle with grammar/spelling/all that technical stuff (no judgement here!) Grammarly is great! I also know you can get it as a chrome add-on, so it will check your writing for literally any site you're typing on
- Pinterest: I know it sounds kind of kooky, but you can organize ideas into boards, and then into sections within those boards. It really helps keep your thoughts organized.
- Nameberry.com: While it's geared more towards moms, their baby name generator/suggester lets you input names you like, and then suggest names with similar styles and meanings.
- https://www.novel-software.com/bookwritingworksheets Lots of printable pdf sheets to help writers direct their stories.
- https://www.novel-software.com/novelwritingroadmap Step by step roadmap
