Topic: writing..
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Thu 07/27/17 09:27 PM
any advice for amateur writers?

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Thu 07/27/17 10:13 PM
Read as much as you can.

Listen to how people speak.

Watch movies.

Go to plays.


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Thu 07/27/17 11:08 PM
Fiction Character Creator Worksheet

http://www.epiguide.com/ep101/writing/charchart.html

http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/jun98/how-to-create-a-character-profile-6986

http://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-goal/write-first-chapter-get-started/novel-in-30-days-2011

World Building

http://vivienreis.com/the-only-world-building-guide-youll-ever-need-plus-a-free-worksheet/

http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/fantasy-worldbuilding-questions/

Planning Resources

http://www.triciagoyer.com/free-printables-for-writing-your-novel/


Story Tracker (Act I, Act II, Act III): These worksheets help you outline before you start writing, and/or keep track of your story’s progression as you go.

Story Idea Map: This worksheet is especially critical for writers who will be working without any kind of outline. During the first few days of your 30-day effort, you should complete this worksheet.

Scene Card: Scene cards can be used as an outlining tool before you begin your 30-day effort, or as a daily writing and brainstorming technique. Scene cards can also play a critical role in revision. Index cards can be used instead of the worksheet if preferred.

At-A-Glance Outline: Offers a quick way to fill in the blanks of your story. It guides you to answer the right questions for each area of your story, the questions that will come up fast when writing.

Character Sketch: Keep track of the qualities of each major character using these sketches. As you become more experienced as a writer, you may want to create your own character profile worksheets.

Character-Revealing Scenes: This more advanced outlining worksheet helps you identify where and how you will reveal important aspects of each major character.

Climax: This worksheet helps you consider your novel’s climax, the point where the protagonist faces the conflict directly, with his goal on the line.

Closing & Denouement: Questions on this worksheet analyze the novel’s post-climax scenes with an eye toward tying up unresolved arcs and the novel as a whole.

Reversal Brainstorm: Plan ahead for characters’ changes of heart, new situations, unexpected betrayals and more.


http://www.nownovel.com/blog/151-important-novel-writing-resources/

Grammar and Language

Grammar Girl explains language and usage in an entertaining manner at her blog.
The Chicago Manual of Style is the style guide used by most of the book publishing industry.
Daily Writing Tips looks at topics like usage, spelling, vocabulary and more.
Grammar Book has usage rules, quizzes and more.
Word Hippo generates word origins, synonyms, antonyms, translations, tenses, rhyming words, various parts of speech, names and more.
The Expert Editor, billed as ‘Australia’s leading editing and proofreading company’, offers this excellent guide to 30 of the most common grammar mistakes.


http://www.literary-liaisons.com/resources.html