Links to Writing Tools and Resources:
Planning and plotting:
Submission logging:
Getting the words down:
Random prompt generators:
Writing Websites:
- Scrivener by Literature and Latte - Novel planning software. Not free, but has a lot of functions.
- yWriter by Spacejock software - Free novel planning software.
- Emma Darwin's Novel Planning Grid - A useful novel-planning grid for people who like to do it the old-fashioned way.
Submission logging:
- The Submissions Grinder - Free submissions tracking website.
- Sonar by Spacejock Software - Free submission tracking database software.
Getting the words down:
- Coffitivity - Noise generation website that plays coffee shop background tracks for the writer who wishes they were in one.
- Writertopia Word Meters - Word meters to keep track of your progress.
- Write or Die - Does evil things if you stop writing, like play loud noises and delete your words.
- Written? Kitten! - Rewards writing with pictures of kittens.
Random prompt generators:
- Magnetic Poetry - Online "magnetic" poetry kits.
- Seventh Sanctum - Has random generators for pretty much everything.
- Random Proverb Generator - Generates random proverbs. "Faith will move the worm."
- Inspirobot - Generates "inspirational" posters.
Writing Websites:
- Write 1 Sub 1 - write and sub a story every week, or every month.
- National Novel Writing Month - Home of the November novel-in-a-month madness.
- Story A Day - Home of the May story a day challenge.
- Absolute Write - Large and busy writers' forum.
- Swanwick Writers' Summer School - Fantastic summer school for writers (UK based).