I have tried to include only links to pages that I’ve found extremely useful and thorough. To make it easier for you I have catagorised them. Although I check the links often, if you discover a broken link please let me know as there’s nothing more annoying than links that lead nowhere.
If you know of a site that doesn’t appear here but should, please use the contact form and I will check out your suggestion and, if I think it is suitable, I’ll add it to the list.
I hope you find the links on this page helpful!
Writing Sites I Recommend
Snowflake Process of Writing a Novel
The Scriptorium
Character Building
Character Chart
Developing Your Character
Character Building Workshop
The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs and Body Language Cues
Character Motivation
Fantasy Name Generator
How to Create a Character
What ‘Type’ Is Your Character?
The Evil Overlord
Name Generator
Building a Fantasy World
How To Worldbuild Magic: Short Rules for Real Worlds
A Way with Worlds
Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions
Creating a Realistic Fantasy World
Medieval Demographics Made Easy
The Fully Realized World
The Page of Generators – This page can help you with characters, settings, magic, technology, writing and more. If you get stuck, it’s well worth looking at.
Writing a Novel
How to Start a Novel
Tightening the Sagging Middle
How to Finish a Novel
Five Fiction Mistakes that Spell Rejection
Writing Dialogue
Speaking of Dialogue
Creating Dynamic Dialogue
Avoiding Reader Confusion – Part 1
Avoiding Reader Confusion – Part 2
Scenes and Plots
10 Points on Plotting
Using the Five Senses to Create the Perfect Setting
Manuscript Preparation
How Do I Format My Manuscript
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines
The Proposal and Submission Process
The Complete Nobody’s Guide to Query Letters
How Long is Too Long?
How to Write a Synopsis
Dowse Writers Markets
Patricia Kay’s Synopsis Checklist
Handling Rejection
Why Did My Story Get Rejected?
Rejection Collection – You are not alone!
You’ve Been Accepted! Now What?
Model Contracts – to have a look at.
Writer Beware – current alerts!
General Links
This section covers everything that doesn’t fit into the other categories.
Advice to New Writers
Useful Information for the New Writer
Getting Started – Writing for Children
Developing Efficient Work Habits
Finding Your Voice as a Children’s Writer
Short Story Tips
Cliches: Avoid them like the Plague
Online Tools to Help You Write
Page last updated on 2 December 2012.
