This is a page for items that you might find useful in your writing. At least, they’ve helped me.
This is a “Best of” list. For a list of all posts See the Author Resources post archive
Learning to Write
I wrote a post a while ago where I showed the online stuff that has helped me the most.
The Ultimate Fiction Writing Online Study Course
Free Downloads
- Ideas For Getting Published – by Randy Ingermanson. Includes information about writing query letters, proposals, and finding an agent.
- StoryWorld – by Randy Ingermanson. Create more a more engrossing world for your characters to live in. Great ideas, especially for fantasy/sci-fi writers.
- Dialogue And The Art Of War – by Randy Ingermanson. Write better dialogue between your characters. The notion that it should sound like real conversation is crap.
- How To Write A Fight Scene – by Randy Ingermanson. Make your fight scenes flow better. Make them more exiting. Make them better.
- Creating Characters- by Randy Ingermanson. Give your characters a little extra life and make them much more interesting.
Software
- Text Tree – this is my outline based text editor that I wrote to help me follow Randy Ingermanson’s “Snowflake Method” of writing a novel. It’s free now.
- New Novelist
– A popular software program for writing novels. (Affiliate link)
- yWriter – freeware novel writing software from Simon Haynes, an author with three novels in print. I haven’t tried it out yet.
Websites
- WriteSF.com – essays and information on writing science fiction and fantasy.
- Write A Novel – A free online “how to” course by Crawford Killian.
Blogs
- Advanced Fiction Writing – Blog of Randy Ingermansen. Has great tips.
- Story Fix – Thriller writer Larry Brook’s blog on writing. Especially check out his posts on story structure.
- Crawford Killian – Canadian writer and professor.
- The Fiction Writer’s Journey -
Podcasts
- The Writing Show – “Where writing is always the show.”
My WordPress Themes
A couple of free themes I’ve built.