Websites that help writers keep doing what writers do!

http://writeordie.drwicked.com/

If you need some incentive to keep writing, this will do it. Keep writing or it makes a horrible sound. Have fun.

Melissa

What kind of supreme being would condone such irony?!

Mine are writing prompt/practice related. I really like this one:

http://www.oneword.com

When I need a short break from my work day, I'll visit. Basically, every day it's a new word, just one word. When you click GO! It gives you the word, a blank box, and a 60-second timer. You just start typing and see what you can come up with. But they keep the same word all day, so you can only do one word a day (boo). In a similar vein is:

http://oneminutewriter.blogspot.com

Her prompts are a little more in-depth than just one word, but again you only have one minute. She encourages you to post in her comments section, but you don't have to. She has a timer on her site but it's not as stream-lined as oneword. The bonus is that she keeps her archives up, so you can look at old prompts. She also does Fiction Fridays, where every Friday has a fiction prompt (although you could always write the daily prompts from one of your character's point of view, which could be great for character development).

- Heather

Scotty, that blog is awesome! Thanks for sharing! And the post today was perfect.

Here is another posting I've found with a lot of stuff in it!

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/28/50-free-resources-that-will-i...

It covers some of the more 'nuts and bolts' aspects of writing. Not just the esoteric.

Looking for rhyming words?
Proper use of words?
Word count checker?
Dictionary?
Spell-checker?

All kinds of stuff up in there!

Happy Writing!

-Scotty

Perusing my bookmarks at home, I stumbled across these tools, inspiration and what nots. I share them with you.

THIS IS THE GREATEST WRITING WARM-UP TOOL YOU WILL EVER CLICK ON!
http://onetwofiver.com/write/

Oh No! I'll NEVER get to 50k! (Learn to expand your scene here!)
http://www.telescopictext.com/

Twain's Rules of Writing
http://www.mamohanraj.com/Writing/twain.html

911 Writer's Block!!!
http://www.webook.com/911writersblock

Kurt Vonnegut Motivational Posters
http://www.sloshspot.com/blog/01-24-2009/Kurt-Vonnegut-Motivational-Post...

Triangle Challenge 5
http://www.webook.com/project/Triangle-Challenge-5

Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes, by Stephen King
http://mikeshea.net/Everything_You_Need_to_Kn.html

17 Writing Secrets
http://www.writersdigest.com/article/17_Writing_Secrets/

10 Tips for Writing Horror (Funny as hell...and yet, so true!)
http://indarkness.darkicon.com/2008/06/24/ten-tips-for-writing-horror/

Okay, that should be enough to chew on for a few days.

Happy Writing

-Scotty

Not that I like just hearing myself type here...but I DO like to look up writing resources online. This one came to me via Twitter. And regardless if you love or hate him, Quentin Tarantino IS a good story teller.

Here's one of his secrets:

http://www.copyblogger.com/quentin-tarantino/

Enjoy!

-Scotty