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Inspired? Would you like to see your name on this website and your book up on those bookshop shelves? This is where we bring you a round up of writing tips, ideas and hints. | Writing tips - online resources |
| Online resources Here are some useful web sites to help you get started, guide you on your way and help you find a publisher. 1) www.bbc.co.uk Brief pearls of wisdom from the BBC guys with guidance from opening lines to plotting the end. Includes advice from best-selling novelists and how to use other people's work to improve your own.  click here 2) www.writing-world.com A U.S.-based site, packed with informal articles on how to write everything from a novel to a screenplay. Also has links to online writing courses, software downloads, submission postings, and a host of different services including critiques, book design, book clubs etc. click here 3) www.absolutewrite.com Well organised, with lots of interesting articles, writing tips and links. They call themselves the one-stop web home for professional writers. click here 4) www.ericajong.com Weekly writing tips (inspirational if a bit esoteric) from best-selling novelist, Erica Jong - the creater of the zipless fuck. click here 5) www.noveladvice.com Offers sign up to a monthly online journal stacked with writing tips. click here 6) www.author-network.com Writing advice, competitions, links, a place to post your work for review and a list of UK writing resources. click here 7) www.writers-free-reference.com Lists handy links from grammar guidance through to fact archives. click here 8) www.ideas4writers.co.uk The name says it all. Subscription service for advice and ideas on writing novels. Publishes an ezine (also requiring subscription) with writing tips, competitions, and articles on the craft of writing. Here's a sample: On choosing names for characters take a leaf out of Harry Potter-creator JK Rowling's book: she visited her local graveyard when she needed names for her characters. click here 9) www.aspire2write.com A one-stop site for writers, including editing service. click here 10) www.writersdigest.com Home page offers sections headed: Write better, Get published, Speak out, Get creative and Find resources. Lots of positive and go-get-'em style advice. click here 11) www.mslexia.co.uk The magazine for women who write. Advice and inspiration; news, reviews, interviews; competitions and grants. Submit your work now! click here 12) www.greatwriting.co.uk Writing adice and idea plus a chance to get some feedback on your work. click here |
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