My Favorite Writing Websites

A coworker asked me to send him links of my favorite writing websites… What a hard request! I love and utilize so many of them.

As I began rummaging through my electronic bookmarks, I thought I’d share the list with everyone else. This is only the highlights of the sites I frequently visit – it’s NOT all the sites I use – just the bare bones necessity. (Besides Google – I use that one the most.)

I hope you find something useful here.

PLANNING:

• 27 Chapter Outline
• Jami Gold’s Worksheet’s for Writers
• Character Name Generator

WRITING:

• NaNoWriMo & Camp NaNo for Motivation
• Writing the Perfect Scene
• Google Docs/Google Drive (Fun if you have a critique partner and want to see their comments as they write them.)
• Pinterst (This is the link to the board I made for myself — a ton of helpful descriptors and ideas to strengthen your writing)

EDITING / REVISIONS:

• ProWritingAid for grammar
• Critique Partners / Beta Swaps
  • Scribophile (Join the Novel Exchange Group – they do a big exchange a few times per year that’s a quick way to have multiple people read your novel at the same time, then discuss it like a book club.)
  • Critters (Especially for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror – I have not tried their other groups for other genres)
  • Goodreads (Beta readers — you’ll need to join the beta reader group HERE )

PREPARING TO SELF-PUBLISH:

• Canva (Design your own cover art – you can use photos on this site, or check out options at morguefile)
• Premade Novel Covers

TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING:

• Finding Agents
  • Manuscript Wish List
  • Query Tracker
  • Agent Query
  • Writers Market (I purchased a book to have free access for a year)
• Tracking Submissions
  • The Submission Grinder (For short stories)
  • Query Tracker (For novels)

SELF-PUBLISHING

• Good Reads – Support for Indie Authors
• Digital Publishing
  • Kindle Direct Publishing
  • CreateSpace (Print book)

MARKETING:

• InstaFreebies (to give your book away for reviews — you can advertise this on goodreads)
• ??? I’m not here yet.  More to come

EDUCATION:

• ed2go
• Holly’s Writing Classes

 

If you’re dying for more, here’s 100 best websites for writers: The Write Life

 

What writing sites can you not live without?