Practical advice and help in actually getting the words on the page
ARTELLA - The Waltz of Words and Art: Artella
Whilst there is no getting away from the hard fact that writing a book is all a matter of getting the words down on paper, it can help sometimes to have some useful tools on board to help collate those thoughts! Shani
The main features of this are:
* Write and store complete novels
* Keep background details of characters, events, locations and ideas.
* Display charts of events and relationships
* Generate characters, names and ideas
* Registered users can generate characters and notes using add-ons
* Record all manuscript submissions
* Sample story with tutorial.
* 100,000 word spelling checker + 150,000 word thesaurus
* 100 step undo and redo
* RTF output. Create a neatly formatted manuscript with two key-presses
* Downloadable demo
Download at: http://www.ravensheadservices.com
A new place on the web for both readers and authors of short stories alike:
http://www.short-fiction.co.uk/
ideas4writers.co.uk
The ideas and inspiration website for all writers. Offering ideas, inspiration, advice and technical support to writers around the world. Hundreds of ideas to inspire and improve your writing, plus:
what ifs
historic anniversaries
writing engines
critique forum
discussion forums
writers' bookshop
writing questions answered
computer & word processor support and much more
Also includes a dedicated support forum for Writers Bureau students.
http://www.ideas4writers.co.uk
The Writers Bureau provide practical home study courses to help you get published:
http://www.writersbureau.com/
When the BBCi site 'Get Writing' site closed last year, it left many of us
in limbo – well Writers Dock has been formed to plug the hole, and has
gone from strength to strength to become the fastest growing site
of its site on the internet. Visit it at:
http://www.writersdock.co.uk/index.php
to see what all the fuss is about and of course join !!
* Three cheers for Mslexia - they have now launched a bigger and better website, where a host of useful facts, tips and information, and this all can be found at www.mslexia.co.uk
* This is a very useful site for putting together your Storyboard: http://www.storyright.com/home.htm
* Character Construction tips: I have just found this site and would highly commend it to help you structure your characters in a flesh-filled form http://www.emotionaltoolbox.com/free_articles.htm