Writer's Aide

 

Even the best of writers get stuck every now and then, so we put together a list of resources that may be useful. These can help you with everything from grammar to spelling to picking out names for characters in your stories.  Good luck!  Some of them have works by other authors for your reading pleasure.  

Absolute Right to Write!

Agents with Style

AllExperts.com

Aunt Sarah's Recipe for Plots

Authors & Illustrators on the Web

Common Mistakes in Fiction Writing

Dangling.......Participles

Dr. Merlin's Guide to Fan Fiction

11 Rules of Writing

English Grammar Online

Five Golden Rules For Writers

Free Your Captive Fiction Writer

Free Story Center

Growing Pains: Germination of a writer

Guide to Good Writing 

Guide to Grammar & Writing

Hodgepodge

How to overcome Writer's Block

It's Only Ink!

LitDotOrg

Meaning & Origins of Phrases

Merriam-Webster Language Center

(dictionary, dates words came into use, thesaurus, etc.)

 

19th Century Slang Dictionary

Paradigm  Online Writing Assistant

Purdue University Online Writing Lab

Pure Fiction

Pure Fiction Writing Guide

Ring of Webfiction

SharpWriter.com

Some Basic Ideas for Authors

Speculative Fiction for the Web

Starting a sentence with a gerund!

The Fiction Writer's Page

The Gallery Of "Misused" Quotation Marks

The Last Word

The Novelist's Workshop  

The Online Writing Journal

The Word Detective

The Word Police

The Writer's Block #1

The Writer's Block #2

Tips for more vivid writing

Tips for writing a bestseller

Vocabulary Challenge

Winning Words Challenge Writing 

What makes a good short story?

Words that are often confused!

Writers' Showplace

Write 101

Writing Fan Fiction 

Writer Online  

Write Tools

Writer's Heaven

Writer's Home

Writers Free Reference

Write4kids.com  

"Write or Die"


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