Be a Better Writer--WRITING RESOURCES, PART 2
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:31 am
Here’s a compilation of the resources recommended by readers of last week’s lesson on Writing Resources and also by people who contributed through my Facebook page. I’m going to run this “lesson” for one more week, and hope that you all will continue to add to it.
Brainstorming resources:
The Writer Emergency Pack -- http://www.writeremergency.com – card deck with dozens of activities related to writing terms
The Storymatic box -- http://thestorymatic.com – hundreds of character and situation cards that can be combined in zillions of ways
iPhone app: The Brainstormer – randomizer for hundreds of characters, settings, situations
Nanofictionary -- http://www.looneylabs.com/games/nanofictionary -- card game with characters, settings, conflicts, and resolutions in thousands of combinations
Grammar resources:
Grammarly – http://www.grammarly.com – spelling and grammar checker that is better than most
Grammar Girl -- http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl -- grammar blog
Ann’s Grammar Basics -- http://www.faithwriters.com/Boards/phpB ... m.php?f=69 – answers to grammar questions here at FaithWriters
Guide to Grammar and Writing -- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm -- good all-around grammar resource
Vocabulary resources:
Free Rice -- http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1368 -- vocabulary quiz that also donates to alleviate world hunger
Vocabulary.com – http://www.vocabulary.com – daily vocabulary quizzes that adapt to your own learning
Reader’s Digest magazine – vocabulary quizzes called “It Pays to Increase Your Word Power”
Books on Writing:
Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, by Lynn Truss
The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White
Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott
The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard
Write Your Heart Out, by Rebecca McClanahan
The Writer’s Guide to Crafting Stories for Children, by Nancy Lamb
Writing Picture Books, by Ann Whitford Paul
The Synonym Finder, by J. I. Rodale
The Emotional Thesaurus, by Ackerman and Puglisi
Writing Fiction for Dummies, by Randy Ingermanson
Roget’s Thesaurus
A Canadian Writer’s Reference, by Dana Hacker
An Auto-Correctional Text in Correct Writing, by Butler, Hickman, and Overby
Real Sofistikashun, by Tony Hoagland
Writing Down the Bones (Freeing the Reader Inside), by Natalie Goldberg
Steering the Craft, by Ursula K LeGuin
Writer Workshop in a Book: The Squaw Valley Community of Writers on the Art of Fiction, by various writers
The Poet's Companion...A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry, by Kim Addonizio
The Elements of Story, by Frances Flaherty
Publishing, Freelancing, the Writing World:
Freelance Writing Morning Coffee Newsletter, by Brian Scott -- http://www.freelancewriting.com
Scrivener (download for Windows)
Writer’s Digest – http://www.writersdigest.com (also a paper magazine) The May-June 2015 issue has an article with a huge list of websites for writers
KidLit 411 -- http://kidlit411.com -- resources for writers of children's literature
Snowflake software -- http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/a ... ke-method/
The Writer’s Writing Guide, by Rachel Simon -- http://www.rachelsimon.com/wwg_contents_v2.php
Women on Writing -- http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/
The Christian Writer’s Market Guide – http://www.stuartmarket.com
Miscellaneous:
RhymeZone – http://www.rhymezone.com – rhymes, near-rhymes, synonyms, antonyms and more
How Many Syllables -- http://www.howmanysyllables.com/Syllable_Counter --syllable counter for poetry
Dictionary.com -- http://dictionary.reference.com – dictionary and thesaurus
BrainyQuote – http://www.brainyquote.com – lots and lots of quotes, searchable by topic or author
Google Translate – https://translate.google.com – not perfect, but a good place to start when using (or reading) foreign terms
For Spanish translation – http://www.spanishdict.com
Bible Gateway – http://www.biblegateway.com – the entire Bible in several translations
eSword -- http://www.e-sword.net -- free downloadable Bible with lots of cool features
Strong’s Concordance -- vhttp://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html – several concordances of the Bible
Public Domain Information Project – http://www.pdinfo.com – songs that are in the public domain (free to use)
Lumosity – http://www.lumosity.com – fun brain games
WordPlay – app for Android – fun word games
Brainstorming resources:
The Writer Emergency Pack -- http://www.writeremergency.com – card deck with dozens of activities related to writing terms
The Storymatic box -- http://thestorymatic.com – hundreds of character and situation cards that can be combined in zillions of ways
iPhone app: The Brainstormer – randomizer for hundreds of characters, settings, situations
Nanofictionary -- http://www.looneylabs.com/games/nanofictionary -- card game with characters, settings, conflicts, and resolutions in thousands of combinations
Grammar resources:
Grammarly – http://www.grammarly.com – spelling and grammar checker that is better than most
Grammar Girl -- http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl -- grammar blog
Ann’s Grammar Basics -- http://www.faithwriters.com/Boards/phpB ... m.php?f=69 – answers to grammar questions here at FaithWriters
Guide to Grammar and Writing -- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm -- good all-around grammar resource
Vocabulary resources:
Free Rice -- http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1368 -- vocabulary quiz that also donates to alleviate world hunger
Vocabulary.com – http://www.vocabulary.com – daily vocabulary quizzes that adapt to your own learning
Reader’s Digest magazine – vocabulary quizzes called “It Pays to Increase Your Word Power”
Books on Writing:
Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, by Lynn Truss
The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White
Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott
The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard
Write Your Heart Out, by Rebecca McClanahan
The Writer’s Guide to Crafting Stories for Children, by Nancy Lamb
Writing Picture Books, by Ann Whitford Paul
The Synonym Finder, by J. I. Rodale
The Emotional Thesaurus, by Ackerman and Puglisi
Writing Fiction for Dummies, by Randy Ingermanson
Roget’s Thesaurus
A Canadian Writer’s Reference, by Dana Hacker
An Auto-Correctional Text in Correct Writing, by Butler, Hickman, and Overby
Real Sofistikashun, by Tony Hoagland
Writing Down the Bones (Freeing the Reader Inside), by Natalie Goldberg
Steering the Craft, by Ursula K LeGuin
Writer Workshop in a Book: The Squaw Valley Community of Writers on the Art of Fiction, by various writers
The Poet's Companion...A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry, by Kim Addonizio
The Elements of Story, by Frances Flaherty
Publishing, Freelancing, the Writing World:
Freelance Writing Morning Coffee Newsletter, by Brian Scott -- http://www.freelancewriting.com
Scrivener (download for Windows)
Writer’s Digest – http://www.writersdigest.com (also a paper magazine) The May-June 2015 issue has an article with a huge list of websites for writers
KidLit 411 -- http://kidlit411.com -- resources for writers of children's literature
Snowflake software -- http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/a ... ke-method/
The Writer’s Writing Guide, by Rachel Simon -- http://www.rachelsimon.com/wwg_contents_v2.php
Women on Writing -- http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/
The Christian Writer’s Market Guide – http://www.stuartmarket.com
Miscellaneous:
RhymeZone – http://www.rhymezone.com – rhymes, near-rhymes, synonyms, antonyms and more
How Many Syllables -- http://www.howmanysyllables.com/Syllable_Counter --syllable counter for poetry
Dictionary.com -- http://dictionary.reference.com – dictionary and thesaurus
BrainyQuote – http://www.brainyquote.com – lots and lots of quotes, searchable by topic or author
Google Translate – https://translate.google.com – not perfect, but a good place to start when using (or reading) foreign terms
For Spanish translation – http://www.spanishdict.com
Bible Gateway – http://www.biblegateway.com – the entire Bible in several translations
eSword -- http://www.e-sword.net -- free downloadable Bible with lots of cool features
Strong’s Concordance -- vhttp://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html – several concordances of the Bible
Public Domain Information Project – http://www.pdinfo.com – songs that are in the public domain (free to use)
Lumosity – http://www.lumosity.com – fun brain games
WordPlay – app for Android – fun word games