There are a few helpful links in the regional header, but I can only put four there, so here are the rest. I reserve the right to edit this at any time, and not all of them will make your writing easier--because you have to work in some time for procrastination, am I right? ;)
Our regional stats, to keep you motivated: http://alison.caffeinatedbliss.com/nano-challenge.php
Write More/Faster/Help Me Find A Plot:
Daily Writing Prompts: http://www.toasted-cheese.com/webcal/webcal.cgi
Write or Die Makes You Write (your own personal word war): http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html
They Fight Crime! (need some characters/plot?): http://www.theyfightcrime.org/
Write faster: http://www.cuckleburr.com/seven-ways-to-write-a-book-faster
Writing Quotes: http://7quotes.webs.com/
Character Questionare: http://www.eclectics.com/articles/character.html
All sorts of name generators: http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index-name.php
Another more robust name generator: http://www.rinkworks.com/namegen/
Excel spreadsheet to track your progress: http://www.truckpoetry.net/search/label/NaNoWriMo%20author%20resources
Resources for NaNo Nuts: http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/handy-tools-for-nanowrimo...
Generators:
Feath's Bookcase: http://www.feath.com/idea/idea.htm
Name Generator: http://www.namator.com/index.php
Lots of generators: http://nine.frenchboys.net
Story idea generator: http://www.carlsbadnm.com/ronjones/words.htm
36 (plus 1) Dramatic Situations: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/ideagen2.htm
The Speculative Fiction Muse: http://www.katfeete.net/writing/specfic.php
Procrastinatory:
Procrastination Station: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/1000words
Keep up with NaNo even if the site goes down: http://twitter.com/nanowrimo
NaNo icons, for your life outside the forums: http://community.livejournal.com/nano_icons
NaNo on Livejournal: http://community.livejournal.com/nanowrimo
I haven't checked all these out, but looks like some fun links: http://onlineschool.net/2009/10/26/100-tools-to-turn-to-when-you-have-wr...
Miscellany:
NaNo Wallpapers: http://shatteredbyrain.110mb.com/
NaNo Cookbook: http://www.lightwp.com/?p=2170
Fantasy Author Kate Elliott's blog on Borders Media: http://bordersblog.com/scifi/author/kateelliott/
Word count script for blog posting: http://allfreelancewriting.com/word-count-tracker/
How to use an apostrophe: http://apostrophe.me/
Have fun, write fast!
~j
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Municipal Liaison for St. Louis, MO
Previous NaNovels: King Arthur, angels, dragons, the Forest Lord, and prostitutes. Apparently this year it's folks rising from the dead.
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Okt 26, 2009 - 08 02
I'll add a link to this one.
www.peopleofwalmart.com
Believe it or not I actually find this useful. Ever need to describe some slightly odd background character? Here's a pic, now make it worth a 1000 words!
----------As kids we fried ants with magnifying glasses. Now that we are adults we fry characters in far more interesting ways with plot twists