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Journal Entry: Thu May 22, 2008, 12:58 AM


RESOURCES FOR WRITERS


This is *Writers-Workshop's list of writing resources, collected meticulously over the past 6 months. Thank you to those who gave suggestions: your contributions have made this a better list. As always, we're looking for more resources. So do let us know if you find any useful writing-related articles, and we'll add the ones we like to this journal.

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:bulletgreen: Resources that might be useful for the current workshop (:dev :'s Workshop: ) are marked with a :postit:.
:bulletgreen: Latest additions are marked :new:.

Last updated on June 20, 2008


RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON deviantART


Contents:
:bulletgreen: Project Educate Articles
:bulletgreen: Writing (Prose/Poetry, Prose, Scripts & Screenplays, Poetry)
:bulletgreen: Editing, Revising & Proofreading
:bulletgreen: Critiquing
:bulletgreen: Publishing
:bulletgreen: Miscellaneous

Project Educate Articles


:bulletblue: Poetry, Prose: Who Knows?
:bulletblue: Truth & Lies: Nonfiction Prose
:bulletblue: Who needs reality? We have fiction!
:bulletblue: Poetry Pickles
:bulletblue: Unreal City: The Lit Forums

Writing

PROSE/POETRY


:bulletblue: Active and Passive Voice by ~onewordatatime
:bulletblue: Showing, Part One by ~onewordatatime
:bulletblue: Editorial - Cliche by ~onewordatatime

PROSE


General

:bulletblue: How To Write by `Bringa
:bulletblue: Step-by-step Writing Processes, a list of resources compiled by *ProsePlease
:bulletblue: Story Elements: The Beginning by ~writers-in-progress
:bulletblue: Story Elements: The Middle by ~writers-in-progress
:bulletblue: Story Elements: The End by ~writers-in-progress

Types of Prose

:bulletblue: "How to" do Specific Genres and Types of Prose, a list of resources compiled by *ProsePlease
:bulletblue: What is flash fiction? by *SRSmith and ~sovegna-vos
:bulletblue: How to Write About Vampires by *MooglePirate9
:bulletblue: How to Write About Werewolves by *MooglePirate9

Characterisation

:bulletblue: Murdering Mary Sue by ~Cei-Ellem
:bulletblue: Character Development: Physical Description by ~writers-in-progress
:bulletblue: Character Development: Past, Motives, Personality by ~writers-in-progress
:bulletblue: Character Development: Speech/Voice by ~writers-in-progress
:bulletblue: Rounded Characters are Flawed by ~writers-in-progress
:bulletblue: Rounded Characters Make Decisions by ~writers-in-progress
:bulletblue: Rounded Characters Change by ~writers-in-progress
:bulletblue: An Essay on Naming Characters by ~Cei-Ellem
:bulletblue: Character Creation Tips by =illuminara

Dialogue

:bulletblue: Tag Lines by ~writers-in-progress

Narration

:bulletblue: Point of View: 1st and 2nd Person
:bulletblue: Point of View: Third Person Omniscient
:bulletblue: Point of View: Third Person Limited

SCRIPTS & SCREENPLAYS


:bulletblue: Scriptwriting - why not start? by `Beccalicious
:bulletblue: Writing a Short Film script by ^deviantartfilm

POETRY


General

:bulletblue: Tips For the Novice by !suture
:bulletblue: How to write poetry by =Flutterings
:bulletblue: The Linebreak (also known as "enjambment") by ~PoetryLibrary
:bulletblue: Show and Tell by ~PoetryLibrary
:bulletblue: Abstraction by ~PoetryLibrary
:bulletblue: "Poeticks: On Imagery" 1 of 3 by `poeticks
:bulletblue: "Poeticks: On Imagery" 2 of 3 by `poeticks
:bulletblue: "Poeticks: On Imagery" 3 of 3 by `poeticks
:bulletblue: "Poeticks: On Angst" 1 of 2 by `poeticks
:bulletblue: "Poeticks: On Angst" 2 of 2 by `poeticks

Rhythm, Rhyme, Metre

:bulletblue: Rhythm by ~onewordatatime
:bulletblue: Metre Learning Guide by `darkcrescendo, posted at ~PoetryLibrary
:bulletblue: Lesson 1 - Basics of Meter by ~Professor-Flare
:bulletblue: Handout 1 - More on Scansion by ~Professor-Flare
:bulletblue: Lesson 2 - More Meter by ~Professor-Flare

Japanese Concepts in Poetry

:bulletblue: Haiku exercise for beginners by ~Wudang-mountain
:bulletblue: A word about haiku by Michael James by *MSJames posted at ~Wudang-mountain
:bulletblue: April Tanka Month: Discussion 1 by *Laurence55
:bulletblue: April Tanka Month: Discussion 2, Aesthetics by *Laurence55
:bulletblue: April Tanka Month: Discussion 3, Pivot Points by *Laurence55
:bulletblue: Senryu by *Laurence55
:bulletblue: Haiku form by *Laurence55
:bulletblue: Observation and Haiku by *Laurence55
:bulletblue: The Spirit of Haiga by *Laurence55

Other Forms of Poetry

:bulletblue: Poetic forms by ~poetic-forms :new:
:bulletblue: A Guide to Visual Poetry by =darkdescartes, posted at ~PoetryLibrary
:bulletblue: Introduction to Poetry by ~xXShadow-PoetryXx
:bulletblue: Found Poetry, Definition by *Laurence55
:bulletblue: Found Poetry, Approaches by *Laurence55

Editing, Revising & Proofreading


General

:bulletblue: What is revision? by ^GeneratingHype
:bulletblue: Punctuation's Most Wanted by *phantom-inker
:bulletblue: Top Ten Grammar Errors by *phantom-inker

Prose

:bulletblue: A Prosist's Guide to Self-Editing by ~Mavyrk
:bulletblue: The Art of Refining Prose by *ProsePlease
:bulletblue: Punctuation Dialogue: A Guide by ^GeneratingHype, posted at *WordCount (This guide was written for one of our workshops; thank you, Bill!)
:bulletblue: Wrath of the Grammar Nazi by *WordCount
:bulletblue: Giving Prose Visual Appeal by *WordCount
:bulletblue: Pet Peeves by punctuation junkie, ^GeneratingHype
:bulletblue: Grammar and Spelling by ~writers-in-progress
:bulletblue: Common Errors in English by ~yoyo64
:bulletblue: Grammar Workshop by *FictionWorkshop

Poetry

:bulletblue: Tips For Editing Poetry by !suture

Critiquing


:bulletblue: CRITIQUE by `tangledweb
:bulletblue: A Guide to Good Critique (Literature) by ^lovetodeviate
:bulletblue: A Verbose Guide to Critiquing (literature) by ~Mavyrk
:bulletblue: More Critique Resources

Publishing


Publishing Novels

:bulletblue: On Writing - Getting Published by =mree
:bulletblue: Hot to Get a Literary Agent by =mree

Submitting to Magazines

:bulletblue: Resources for Young Writers (Part 2) by =WineWriter
:bulletblue: Rough Guide to Submitting to Literary Journals (by email) by ~PoetryLibrary

Other

:bulletblue: Tips on Self-Publishing by !suture
:bulletblue: So You Wanna Be a Writer? by *WordCount

Miscellaneous


:bulletblue: The Best Writing Resources In Print by =illuminara
:bulletblue: The Writing Process by ~LaMonaca
:bulletblue: -ROAD CLOSED- : Writer's Block by *SweetBlueSoul
:bulletblue: Write Better: Read More by *WordCount
:bulletblue: The Portable Document Format and You by ~apocathary


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OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE ONLINE


Contents:
:bulletgreen: Writing (Prose/Poetry, Prose, Scripts & Screenplays, Poetry)
:bulletgreen: Editing, Revising & Proofreading
:bulletgreen: Critiquing
:bulletgreen: Publishing
:bulletgreen: Miscellaneous

Writing

PROSE/POETRY


:bulletred: Active Voice Versus Passive Voice by Grammar Girl at Quick and Dirty Tips - from =WineWriter's news article, Resources for Young Writers
:bulletred: Wiki articles of use: Narrator | Show, don't tell, Imagery, Symbolism, Diction | Iambic pentameter, Sonnet, Ode, Sestina, Villanelle, Prose poetry, Haiku | Tanka | Satire

PROSE


General
:bulletred: Eight rules for writing fiction by Kurt Vonnegut
:bulletred: Beginners' Four Faults by Caro Clarke

Characterisation

:bulletred: FARP: Creating an Original Character by Maisha Foster-O'Neal at the Fantasy Art Resource Project - from =WineWriter's news article, Resources for Young Writers
:bulletred: Developing Realistic Characters by Tina Morgan at Fiction Factor - from =WineWriter's news article, Resources for Young Writers
:bulletred: Describing Your Characters Through Their Actions by Caro Clarke
:bulletred: Problems with names and how to avoid them by Caro Clarke

Plot, Narrative, Dialogue

:bulletred: Effectively Outlining Your Plot by Lee Masterson at Fiction Factor - from =WineWriter's news article, Resources for Young Writers
:bulletred: Plot and Narrative: the twin rails of the novel by Caro Clarke
:bulletred: Avoiding exposition pitfalls by Elsa Neal at hearwritenow.com - from =WineWriter's news article, Resources for Young Writers
:bulletred: What is conflict? by Caro Clarke
:bulletred: Dialogue, the Best Action by Caro Clarke
:bulletred: Details, Details by Caro Clarke

Novels

:bulletred: Finishing Your Novel by Timothy Hallinan

POETRY


General

:bulletred: Imagery by Vince Gotera
:bulletred: Repetition by Vince Gotera
:bulletred: On the Matter of Linebreaks, posted at The Gazebo

Rhythm, Rhyme, Metre

:bulletred: Line and Meter by Vince Gotera
:bulletred: Blank Verse by Vince Gotera
:bulletred: Rhyme and Music by Vince Gotera

Japanese Concepts in Poetry

:bulletred: What is a tanka? by Richard MacDonald

Other Forms of Poetry

:bulletred: Form by Vince Gotera: Couplet, Tercet, Quatrain, Sonnet, Villanelle, Sestina

Editing, Revising & Proofreading


:bulletred: One-Pass Manuscript Revision: From First Draft to Last in One Cycle by Holly Lisle :new:
:bulletred: Rewriting by Caro Clarke

Publishing


:bulletred: Duotrope's Digest - a database of over 2050 current markets for short fiction, poetry, and novels/collections
:bulletred: Poets & Writers Magazine - a magazine that shows writers how to get published
:bulletred: I Am Your Editor, Submitting Your Novel by Caro Clarke

Miscellaneous


:bulletred: Plagiarism by Caro Clarke
:bulletred: Poetry Archives - an educational resource to aid students, educators, and the curious
:bulletred: BBC - Writersroom


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Thank you Conorschild, that would be fantastic if you could, because if you have seen my *Beccalicious avatar, I'm a bit special!
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Sometimes you get stuck and need a bit of a push in perhaps the right or a silly direction this website :pointr: [link] always helps me out. It has oodles of generators for names of places, people etc even plot lines which one might use as practice.

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Great stuff here... Too bad the prose category is empty, that's what I want to develop... Hope it fills soon. :)

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Really useful links ! Thank you very much !

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I read this in a brain book, that if you are having what is called "writer's block" that you should just write the what and then go back over and edited it with the how.

When writers get the block they are having a duel in their head with the what and the how. They know what they want to talk about in their story at that point, but they are having an issue with how to write it.

So if you just write the what then you'd solve your writer's block. Then you can go back over and edited it on how you want to say it after you write the what.
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Yes. I can't tell why there aren't any prose-specific resources, or why I can't find them. I'm looking for things that, say, guide people how to write screenplays or novels or drabble. Let me know if you find something. :)
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This is really great, I think this will definitely help a lot. I've ordered "Keys to Great Writing" just a few days ago since I wanted to read up on some tips as well. If I find anything useful in it, I'll let you know :)

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I don't know whether the old wiki is of any use, but here are some articles I found on there that could be useful...

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