Post by The MRP! on Aug 13, 2014 3:18:50 GMT -5
Every good writer has a toolbox he or she uses when writing. Then there are places he or she looks for inspiration/guidance form those who have trodden the paths he or she seeks to walk.
One of the benefits of interacting with other writers in a community like this is sharing those resources.
Here are some to consider for folks....
Buck, I think turned me on to this, more for creating comics than prose, but....
Comic Survival Kit
from the mind of comic curmudgeon Warren Ellis...
Morning Computer
I particularly found his entry for July 26th on notebookig a great help/affirmation for some of the methods I use.
For doing stories set in different time zone, a time zone conversion site...
Time Zone Conversion
if you want to see what an actual comic script looks like...
The Comic Book Script Archive
free comic book lettering fonts plus insightful articles on making comics and scripts...
Blambot
if writing something set in WWII with U.S. forces, a serial number generator to add verisimilitude to your period pieces...
WWII army serial number generator
If you need to do metric to standard American measurements...
Metric conversion
Need a name for an original character?
Random name generator
A writer's advice article form the NY Times archives...
Writers on Writing
Those are a few of the online resources I keep in my toolbox (I have far more print resources I have gathered over the years, and perhaps I can put a list of those together at some point if folks are interested.
So anyone else have some resources they'd like to share?
-M
One of the benefits of interacting with other writers in a community like this is sharing those resources.
Here are some to consider for folks....
Buck, I think turned me on to this, more for creating comics than prose, but....
Comic Survival Kit
from the mind of comic curmudgeon Warren Ellis...
Morning Computer
I particularly found his entry for July 26th on notebookig a great help/affirmation for some of the methods I use.
For doing stories set in different time zone, a time zone conversion site...
Time Zone Conversion
if you want to see what an actual comic script looks like...
The Comic Book Script Archive
free comic book lettering fonts plus insightful articles on making comics and scripts...
Blambot
if writing something set in WWII with U.S. forces, a serial number generator to add verisimilitude to your period pieces...
WWII army serial number generator
If you need to do metric to standard American measurements...
Metric conversion
Need a name for an original character?
Random name generator
A writer's advice article form the NY Times archives...
Writers on Writing
Those are a few of the online resources I keep in my toolbox (I have far more print resources I have gathered over the years, and perhaps I can put a list of those together at some point if folks are interested.
So anyone else have some resources they'd like to share?
-M
