SO!
IDK, I just randomly thought of this and decided to make a conversation out of it.
A weeks ago, I could have used some writing helpers, so I thought we could make a list of those for anyone in the same situation? (Although, if you just want some great sites and sources for writing, that works too (: )
Here are (most of) mine:
- Notebook.ai :)
- Wheel Decide– It's this great site that lets you make wheels out of options you type up. Terrible description, great website. I use it for deciding things like whether or not a character should fall off a cliff and when I have multiple ideas for what should happen next. It randomly decides on one of the options for you. Check it out.
- Thesaurus.com. Self explanatory.
- Calming music. I'm reallllllly into Eminem, and I also like Chase Atlantic, The Score, and MGK, so I'll listen to piano versions of their music.. I've also been getting into ASMR. Bro. It changes your life.
- 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 (am·bi·ent- ADJECTIVE- relating to the immediate surroundings of something. It creates music that mimics being in other worlds, towns and places). 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. EVERY SOUNDTRACK EVER IS ON HERE, and 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. . .) My favorites are Belle's Library and anything to do with a rainy café, but the Mad Hatter's Tea Party is also delightful.
ENJOY AND ADD ON!
I had a really long list typed out and then I accidentally hit back and lost all of it :( Anyways, here's some that I like to use:
- Google Docs is where most of my writing is right now. I just like that I could access it from any device since it's all online (I only ever write my stories on my laptop, but hypothetically…)
- 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).
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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.
- this is just another list of other "scriptx" blogs (which are dedicated to answering your questions about certain topics). I've only ever used the criminal justice one, but I figured I'd post the full list in case anyone else was interested http://starfast.tumblr.com/post/170900218337/the-scriptx-family-as-of-01012018
- This is just some other tips that I've compiled through tumblr. Some of them are art related and don't apply to writing, but there's still a fair bit of writing tips in there. http://starfast.tumblr.com/tagged/ref/
I think that's all of the ones I had in my original post, but I'll add more if I think of any.
- Google Docs is where most of my writing is right now. I just like that I could access it from any device since it's all online (I only ever write my stories on my laptop, but hypothetically…)
I use Google Docs, too. I used Libre Office for a long time, and it was a disaster. Docs is amazing, though 👏
The rest of the sites sound great! Thanks for your addition!
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.
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.
I second Nameberry, it's what I use for names and has some excellent ways to narrow them down!
Oh Hannah Heath is pretty good.
