Page | 1 THE ULTIMATE LIST OF WRITER’S REFERENCES ONLINE – MANY FREE! Notes Have I? Emotion Thesaurus Angela Ackerman/B Puglisi ✔ On Writing Stephen King ✔ Take Off Your Pants Libby Hawker ✔ The Penguin Guide to Punctuation Writers and Artists Yearbook Names, addresses of publishers, each year ✔ Apache Open Office Just like Microsoft Office, but free Atomic Scribbler Free Cloud file keeper ✔ Pro software Drama writing - industry standard ✔ Focus Writer Distraction free environment Gingko writing Writing layout ✔ iA Writer App Kingsoft Writer Like word but free Libre Office Free office type processors Liquid Story Binder like Mac On Apple devices as app or programme ✔ On PC’s and as an app ✔ Microsoft One Note Notes and storage ✔ New Novelist Writing software Novel Factory Advice and software Ommwriter Advice and software PageFour Software Papel visually arrange story. Plume Creator for Writers Scrivener All round novel writing software ✔ Story writing software soon Treepad Storage and info Twine Interactive online tool Ulysses Like Scrivener Workflowy Notes, lists and outlines ✔ Write Way Pro Writing software Write Monkey Really simple scrivener yWriter Writing software ✔

Online Software Calmly Writer Online Basic blank screen for writing ✔ Evernote Note taking and organiser ✔ Ilys Set your word goal and do it or else Tablo Read, write and share stories Wattpad Social storytelling site ✔ ZohoDocs Sharing file management system ✔ Before your 25 ways to plot plan and prep Blog post with instructions your story www.jscoombs.com Page | 2

Aeon Timeline Plot dates, links with Scrivener ✔ Airtable Projects and project management A.nnotate Online Online annotation and collaboration programme Bubbl.us Brainstorm and mind mapping Beemgee Plotting and character development Try it soon Coggle Mind mapping and plotting ✔ Family Echo Research family trees Family Tree Builder Free family tree software GIMP Free alternative to Photoshop ✔ Gramps Free Genealogy software Hiveword Scrivener with knowledge base Try it soon Inkscape Free vector graphics editor Try it soon Journaling Apps 10 of the best for 2019 Now Novel Storytelling software and coaching Office timeline Timeline in PowerPoint Pixar’s rules of storytelling 22 rules for the perfect story ✔ Roots Magic Essentials Family Tree free Scapple Mind mapping, notes ✔ Simple Mind Map Apple app mind map ✔ Trello Collaboration and sharing project ✔ management Twine Free for telling interactive stories Zimwiki used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Plotting Stuff Book in a month worksheet Creative Writing Now Free courses, prompts, advice To try E.A Deverell Templates and advice To try Learn the Snowflake method Interesting way of writing Plotting template Kitts Free resources Template, Worksheets, Analysis Timeline Open source timeline creator Character Questionnaire Plenty of questions for your character, free download Novel Planning Workbooks 11 days of plotting Character Building Crafting Unforgettable From K Weiland’s blog Characters Epiguide Character Chart Detailed template to fill in Real World Building Blackfacts.com Google Earth ✔ Google Maps See your streets come alive ✔ Picture This Name that plant/tree ✔ UK Health Advice Proper health advice ✔ World Building (Fiction) 30 days of world building Hell Frost: a brief history Inkcarnate Fantasy map making Maps workshop Find community maps World building school As it says Symbols Flags, glyphs, signs etc www.jscoombs.com Page | 3

World building school Loads of info of how to with examples How to make your own fiction city in Google maps Baby Name Genie Common surnames by region Wikipedia Fantasy names Generator Seventh sanctum Random generator of names, story ideas etc Cover art Adobe spark book cover Free book cover templates Canva Easy drag and drop image maker ✔ Stencil Easy drag and drop image maker ✔ General advice The Creative Penn Advice and trends in self-publishing ✔ Derek Murphy YouTube channel for writing advice on ✔ marketing etc Fiction University Education for writers Helping writers become Podcast ✔ authors Jeff Goins, writer Blogger The Write Practice Writing practice exercises and support Writer unboxed Community of writers ✔ Writer's Digest Info, help, competitions Grammar and formatting Common errors in English A - Z examples to learn from usage English Practice Practice English for free Grammar Girl Lots of tips and tricks Perdue’s OWL Find answers to writing questions Productivity 4the words Write words and beat monsters ✔ Anti-procrastination tips Cold turkey No more online interruptions Dragon speech to text Speech Recognition software ✔ Productivity 101: Pomodoro Great ideas about sprints Voice Memo App for smartphone ✔ Write or die Careful how you use this distraction free app Background Ambient-Mixer Background sounds Noisili Background sounds ✔ Writing Prompts 365 Writing Prompts Get you started Advice to Writers As it says Flashfic Prompts For inspiration Writing Prompts For inspiration Word Trackers Wordcounter Writers database Track submissions Yearly word count tracker Facebook Links Worldsymths For writers of fantasy Better Novel project Writers Circle 20 Facebook groups for www.jscoombs.com Page | 4

writers 13 Facebook pages for writers Writingforums.org Podcasts 23 Best Podcasts for Authors From the Writer’s Digest Guardian Books Problogger Australian blogger ✔ Scriptnotes Self-Publishing Formula Mark Dawson’s blog ✔ Sell More Books ✔ Editing Software Grammarly Free and paid versions ✔ Hemingway App Use online ✔ Pro-Writing Aid ✔ Slick Write Editing Advice 25 Editing Tips... How to find and work with beta readers Marketing Animoto Easy to use video marketing ✔ Ads How to target your audience ✔ Book Baby Self-publishing Book Brush Ads and social media images ✔ YouTube Making videos ✔

As you can see I love experimenting and trying out new software and gadgets. I hope you enjoy these links. Make sure you have the adequate safeguards before downloading anything. And, I am not being paid by any of these businesses for being on this list – except of course my own.

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