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Friday, December 5, 2014
Writing Tips, Guides, & Advice
How to Write Good
Show, Don’t Tell
The Name Game
Your Novel Blueprint
The Seven Major Beginner Mistakes
Finish Your Novel
Choosing the Right Name for Your Story
Titles Sell Book!
“Prove” Your Story with Evidence
Research for Fiction
How to Write a Novel: The Snowflake Method
Should You Use Flashbacks?
Components of a Good Opening Scene
101 Tips to Fight & Overcome Writer’s Block
Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes
How to Start Writing in the Third Person
7 Tips to Become a Better Writer from Stephen King
George Orwell’s Tips on Writing: 6 Questions/6 Rules
Ernest Hemingway’s Top 5 Tips for Writing Well
Neil Gaiman: 8 Good Writing Practices
Nine Common Fiction Writing Mistakes, Part I
Nine Common Fiction Writing Mistakes, Part II
The Use and Abuse of Dialogue Tags
How to Write Really Bad Fiction and Enjoy the Benefits of Rapid Rejection
How to Use Reading to Become a Better Writer
Why Writers Must Read
How to Finish What You Start: A Five-Step Plan for Writers
31 Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Writing
A Guide to Writing Well
Learn from the Greats: 7 Writing Habits of Amazing Writers
Using Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing — Don’t Your Love it?
The Physiology of Foreshadowing
Are You Trying to Write a Well-Written Book or Tell a Great Story?
What Makes a Good Ending?
Conflict & Plot
What is Conflict?
Conflict in Romance
Conflict: Basic Principles of Writing
External Conflict Worksheet
Building Better Novels Through Conflict
Conflict: Can’t Live With It; Can’t Write Without It
Stop That Fighting! Conflict Aren’t all About the Punches
Using Gender Differences to Create Conflict and Advance Plot
Adding Conflict to Your Scenes
Guides for Using Inner Conflict That Makes Sense
Raising the Tension and Conflict in a Scene
How to Escalate Conflict in Your Novel
Adding Small Problems to Your Plot
Effectively Outlining Your Plot
Thirteen Prime Plot Principles
Too Much of a Good Thing: Over Plotting Your Novel
Plotting Your Novel
Plotting a Fantasy Novel, Part 1
9 Ways of Looking at Plot
To Plot or Not to Plot
Plotting Your Novel
The Top Ten Plotting Problems
The Elements of Plot Development
Actions vs. Choices: Crafting Better Plots
Encyclopedias
Bartleby
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia of Psychology
Healthopedia
Herbal Encyclopedia
J.R.R. Tolkien: Encyclopedia of Arda
Monstropedia
Godchecker.com
Medicine in 19th Century America
Dictionaries/Thesaurus
Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Oxford Dictionary
Spanish Dictionary
Medical Dictionary
Your Dictionary
Botanical Dictionary of Plants and Flowers
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
RhymeZone — Rhyming Dictionary
OneLook’s Reverse Dictionary
Online Etymology Dictionary
LexScripta - Dictionary of Slang
Spelling, Punctuation, & Grammar
SpellCheck.net
Why You Can’t Rely on Your Spellchecker
Index of Commonly Confused Words
The 200 Most Commonly Misspelled Words in English
Top Four Spelling Rules
Grammar Slammer!
American vs. British Grammar
HyperGrammar
Grammar Girl
Guide to Grammar & Writing
Using i.e. and e.g. Correctly
Guide to Grammar and Style
40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation
Better Writing: Grammar & Spelling
Semicolons and Colons
Underlining and Italicizing
Dashes and Parentheses
Hyphens
Apostrophes
The Ellipsis
Special Cases for Capitals
Abbreviations of Position or Rank
Avoiding Comma Confusion
Owl — Purdue Online Writing Lab
English Grammar
Kill the Adverbs!
13 Trickiest Grammar Hang-ups
Correct and Effective Punctuation & Mechanics
Top Ten Proofreading Tips
Edgar Allan Poe on Punctuation
Punctuating Dialogue
How to Use the Semicolon
Introduction to the Basic Rules of Punctuation
Guidelines for Using Apostrophes Correctly
Top Four Guidelines for Using Commas Effectively
Naming
Behind the Name
Behind the Name: Surnames
Behind the Name: Ancient Greek Names
Behind the Name: Ancient Roman Names
Behind the Name: Ancient Celtic Names
Behind the Name: Japanese Names
Behind the Name: Portuguese Names
Behind the Name: German Names
Behind the Name: Italian Names
Behind the Name: Romanian Names
Behind the Name: Scottish Names
Behind the Name: Chinese Names
Behind the Name: Arabic Names
Behind the Name: Native American Names
Behind the Name: Korean Names
Behind the Name: Russian Names
Behind the Name: Greek Names
Behind the Name: Irish Names
Behind the Name: Indian Names
Behind the Name: French Names
Behind the Name: Spanish Names
Behind the Name: African Names
BabyNamer: Baby Names and Meanings
Parenthood: Baby Names
Fantasy Name Generator
20,000+ Names From Around the World
Fairy Names
Dragon, Serpent & Snake Names
Seventh Sanctum — Name Generators
U.S. Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth List of Names
Tolkien Names: Naming Your Children in Elvish
Tolkien’s Elf Names in Quenya
The Hobbit Name Generator
The Elvish Name Generator
Victorian Era Names
Egyptian Names
Viking Names
Viking Given Names (How to Pronounce Them)
Renaissance Period Names in Italy
Renaissance Period Names in England
Medieval Names Archive: English, Old English, and Anglo-Norman Names
Medieval Names Archive: Names from Other Countries
Character Development
Name That Character
How to Pick Character Names: 7 Rules
Writing Technique: Character Interview
Developing Realistic Characters
10 Questions for Creating Believable Characters
Adding Character Depth Through Perception
Character Questionnaires
100 Character Development Questions
Characterizing Secondary and Minor Characters
Character Creation Form
Fiction Writer’s Character Chart
Character Chart for Fiction Writers
Creating an Original Character
Creating Character Depth with Astrological Signs
How to Write a Character from Start to Finish
Seven Common Character Types
Fast and Easy Guide to Writing Characters of the Opposite Gender
Writing the Male Point of View
Writing the Female Point of View
10 Body Language Tricks for Deeper Characterization
Character Flaws: When is Too Far Too Far?
Character Development: Personality Components
The Major Role of Minor Characters
How to Write Effective Supporting Characters
5 Tips for Writing Kick-Ass Characters
Character Chart
5 Steps to Dazzling Minor Characters
List of Character Traits
35 Weird Traits Your Characters May Have
Writing Fantasy Gender Stereotypes, Part One: Your Heroine Is Too Beautiful
Writing Fantasy Gender Stereotypes, Part Two: Writing the Opposite Gender
Writing Fantasy Gender Stereotypes, Part Three: Alphas, Betas, and Losers, Oh My!
The Human Beneath the Hero
Character Development: A Step by Step Method
Heroes & Villains
Villains vs. Antagonists
Creating Villains People Love to Hate
The Sixteen Villain Archetypes
The Eight Heroine Archetypes
The Eight Hero Archetypes
The Hero’s Journey: The Steps
Ten Tips for a Terrific Antagonist
How to Make Your Villains Scary
What to do When Your Bad Guy Isn’t a Person?
Develop Your Antagonist
The “Villain” Spectrum: Creating a Layered Antagonist
It’s All About Character
Talking About a Character’s Past
Dealing With Back Story
Building Fictional Characters One Stranger at a Time
List of Character Traits
Descriptive Words for Characters
Character Trait, Descriptive Adjectives, and Other Words
Archetypewriting: Character Traits List (PDF)
Creating a Character Bio Sheet
Character Development Part One: Virtues
Character Development Part Two: Vices
List of Negative Personality Traits
List of Positive Personality Traits
Brainstorming List: Character Hobbies and Skills
How to Use Your Character’s Voice
Speaking of Dialogue
8 Tips for Writing Dialogue
Writing Gender-Specific Dialogue
Character Voices in Non-P.O.V. Characters
How to Avoid “Stepping Out of Character”
How to Write Accents and Speech Patterns
How to Write Authentic Foreign Accents in Dialogue
Dialogue: Writing Dialects and Accents
Romance
Writing Romance
Ten Essentials for Writing Love Scenes
Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Romances
Romance Writing 101
Twenty Steps to Writing Great Love Scenes
Keeping it Sweet While Turning Up the Heat
Creating Great Heroes and Heroines
Seduce Your Reader with the Perfect Title
How Not to Create a Villain
On Love And Sex
All That Sex!
Writing the Love Scene
What’s My Line? Character Professions in the Romance
The Subgenres of Romance
Writing Romantic Comedy
Secrets of Writing an Old-Fashioned Romance Novel
In the Name of Love…Finding the Right Names for Your Characters
Writing Sex Scenes
Kissing
How to Write a Kissing Scene: Valentine Edition
Sex in Fiction — Do They or Don’t They?
NaNoWriMo Expert: How to Write a Kiss? And Should You Write Sex?
How to Write a Kissing Scene in a Romance Novel
Writing Romantic Dialogue
Is Erotica Right for You?
Sex in the Romance
Sexual Chemistry and the Romance Novel
Six Ingredients of a Sensual Romance Novel
Writing “Real” Men in Romance Fiction
Writing Romantic Comedy
The Allure of the Pirate Romance
About the Ghostly Romance
What Makes a Time Travel Romance a Good Read?
The Allure of the Vampire Romance
Sex in Science Fiction
The Allure of Paranormal Characters
Sex Tips for Slash Writers
Horror
How to Write Horror
Horror Sub-Genres
Horror Fiction - Ten Cliches to Avoid
Do Werewolves Wear Shoes? Building Successful Horror Characters
10 Cliches Horror Writers Should Try to Avoid
Horror Plot Cliches
How To Write Today’s Horror, Part I: The Seeds of Horror
How To Write Today’s Horror, Part II: What Today’s Readers Want
How To Write Today’s Horror, Part III: What Today’s Readers Don’t Want
Creating a Character for a Horror Story
How To Write Today’s Horror, Part IV: Horror Novel Checklist
Just in Time for Halloween: The Dark Fiction Market
Horror, Mysteries and Setting: Playing on the Unexpected
Elements of Aversion: What Makes Horror Horrifying?
What Makes a Horror Writer?
25 Things You Should Know About Writing Horror
Plot and Character in Horror Fiction
Creating An Environment for a Horror Story
Horror Writing: How to Write a Scary Story
The Stigma of Writing Horror: How the Genre Your Write Matters as Much as the Story
Worldbuilding
Location, Location, Location
Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life
Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions
How Much of My World Do I Build?
Creative Approach to World Building
Five Blunders Authors Make in World-Building
Magical World Builder’s Guide
World-Building Through Character
Weather and Worldbuilding 101
Setting: The Key to Science Fiction
Creative Uses of Magic in Your Fantasy Story
Mixing Science and Magic: A Recipe for Disaster?
Defining the Souces, Effects and Costs of Magic
Partly Cloudy, Scattered Showers: Setting the Scene with Weather
Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds
Blueprints: Building a Home for Your Characters
Building Fantasy Worlds
5 Tips on World Building from Scratch
Creating the Perfect Setting
Eight Tips to Help You Bring Your Settings to Life
10 Steps to Creating Realistic Fantasy Animals
On the Creation of Languages
Miscellaneous
Story Starters & idea Generators
Fifty Quick Writing Prompts
400 Writing Topics/Prompts
Write or Die
One Word
Language is a Virus — Writing Prompts
Abbreviations
Acronym Finder
Write Rhymes
Cliche Finder
Word Count
Word Counter
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